Localization of NADPH diaphorase/nitric oxide synthase and choline acetyltransferase in the spinal cord of the frog, Rana perezi

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 419, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-470

  Muñoz, Margarita ^a   Marín, Oscar ^a,b   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Amphibians; Immunohistochemistry; Preganglionic autonomic cells

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FROG; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RANIDAE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034678897     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000417)419:4<451::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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