Removal of the cortical projections alters expression of NOS in the different cell types of the superficial layers of the superior colliculus in rats

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 677-681

  Tenório, Frank ^a   Giraldi Gulmarães, Arthur ^b   Mendez Otero, Rosalia ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Superior colliculus; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036981449     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652002000400008     Document Type: Article

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