Expression of nitric oxide synthase in the preoptic-hypothalamo-hypophyseal system of the teleost Oreochromis niloticus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-55

  Bordieri, Loredana ^a   Persichini, Tiziana ^b   Venturini, Giorgio ^b   Cioni, Carla ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish; NADPH diaphorase; Neuroendocrine system; NOS activity; Pituitary gland; Preoptic region; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

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

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FISH; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELEOST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC FISH; FIXATIVES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREOPTIC AREA; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TIME FACTORS; VASOTOCIN;

MAMMALIA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 0043074794     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071959     Document Type: Article

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