Identification and distribution of nitric oxide synthase in the brain of adult zebrafish

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-122

  Holmqvist, Bo ^a,b   Ellingsen, Berit ^a,b   Alm, Per ^a   Forsell, Johan ^a   Øyan, Anne Margrete ^b   Goksøyr, Anders ^b   Fjose, Anders ^b   Seo, Hee Chan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Digoxigenin in situ hybridization; Immunocytochemistry; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase histochemistry; Nitric oxide synthase type 1; Regeneration; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DIGOXIGENIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TELENCEPHALON; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0034613446     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01460-9     Document Type: Article

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