Nitric oxide synthase activity in the olfactory bulb of anuran and urodele amphibians

Brain Research

Volumn 724, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-72

  Porteros, Angel ^a   Arévalo, Rosario ^a   Crespo, Carlos ^a   Briñón, Jesús G ^a   Weruaga, Eduardo ^a   Aijón, José ^a   Alonso, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

anamniote; NADPH diaphorase; nitric oxide synthase; olfactory system

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342538577     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00270-3     Document Type: Article

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