Anatomical relationships between aromatase-immunoreactive neurons and nitric oxide synthase as evidenced by NOS immunohistochemistry or NADPH diaphorase histochemistry in the quail forebrain

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-51

  Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Panzica, Gian Carlo ^b   Krohmer, Randolph W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double label immunohistochemistry; Estrogen synthase; Japanese quail; Preoptic area; Sexual behavior; Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; COTURNIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 0037255436     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(02)00092-3     Document Type: Article

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