Distribution of NADPH-diaphorase cells in visual and somatosensory cortex in four mammalian species

Brain Research

Volumn 864, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-175

  Franca, João G ^a   Volchan, Eliane ^a   Jain, Neeraj ^b   Catania, Kenneth C ^b   Oliveira, Rita L S ^a   Hess, Felipe F ^a   Jablonka, Marcio ^a   Rocha Miranda, Carlos E ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel; Histochemistry; Marsupial; Primate; Rat; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MARMOSET; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CELL COUNT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; OPOSSUMS; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034640325     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02058-8     Document Type: Article

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