Regional alterations of the NO/NOS system in the aging brain: A biochemical, histochemical and immunochemical study in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 933, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-41

  Necchi, Daniela ^a   Virgili, Marco ^b   Monti, Barbara ^b   Contestabile, Antonio ^b   Scherini, Elda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged olfactory cortex; Constitutive nitric oxide synthase; nNOS neuron

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037066407     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02302-8     Document Type: Article

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