NADPH-diaphorase activity increases during estrous phase in the bed nucleus of the accessory olfactory tract in the female rat

Brain Research

Volumn 983, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 223-229

  Collado, Paloma ^a   Guillamón, Antonio ^a   Pinos, Helena ^a   Pérez Izquierdo, Ma Ángeles ^a   García Falgueras, Alicia ^a   Carrillo, Beatriz ^a   Rodríguez, Cilia ^a   Panzica, GianCarlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory pathway; Estrous cycle; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0042661100     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02973-1     Document Type: Article

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