Nitrergic dendrites in the superficial layers of the rat superior colliculus: Retinal afferents and alternatively spliced isoforms in normal and deafferented animals

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-461

  Batista, Claudia M C ^a   Carneiro, Kátia ^a   De Bittencourt Navarrete, Ruben Ernesto ^a   Soares Mota, Marcia ^a   Cavalcante, Leny A ^a   Mendez Otero, Rosalia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

nNOS isoforms; Retinal deafferentation; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DENDRITE; ENUCLEATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ISOENZYMES; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0037310996     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10494     Document Type: Article

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