Further immunohistochemical evidence for impaired NO signaling in the hypothalamus of depressed patients

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 973, Issue , 2002, Pages 91-93

  Bernstein, H G ^a   Heinemann, A ^a   Krell, D ^a   Mawrin, C ^a   Bielau, H ^a   Danos, P ^a   Diekmann, S ^a   Keilhoff, G ^a   Bogerts, B ^a   Baumann, B ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Immunohistochemistry; Neurophysin; Nitric oxide synthase; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0036959549     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04613.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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