Origin and co-localization of nitric oxide synthase, CGRP, PACAP, and VIP in the cerebral circulation of the rat

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-228

  Edvinsson, Lars ^a,b   Elsås, Tor ^c   Suzuki, Norihiro ^d   Shimizu, Toshihiko ^d   Lee, Tony Jer Fu ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Middle cerebral artery; Nitric oxide synthase; Retrograde tracing; True Blue

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FIBERS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CELL BODIES; COLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LABELED CELLS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASES; RETROGRADE TRACING; TRUE BLUE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

PEPTIDES;

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

EID: 0035341124     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1086     Document Type: Article

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