Giant identified NO-releasing neurons and comparative histochemistry of putative nitrergic systems in gastropod molluscs

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 557-569

  Moroz, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Molluscs, NADPH diaphorase, feeding, capillary electrophoresis, Aplysia, Lymnaea, Pleurobranchaea; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; NITRIC OXIDE;

APLYSIA; CELLULARS; MAIN GROUP; MODELLING SYSTEMS; MOLLUSC, NADPH-DIAPHORASE, FEEDING, CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS, APLYSIA, LYMNAEA, PLEUROBRANCHAEUM; NADPH-DIAPHORASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASES; PERIPHERAL TISSUE; SYNTHETIC ENZYMES;

MOLLUSCS;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GASTROPOD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLLUSC; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; MOLLUSCA; PLEUROBRANCHAEA;

EID: 0034660541     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20000615)49:6<557::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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