Cervical gangliectomy does not affect in vitro tryptophan hydroxylase activity in rat brain base arteries

Brain Research

Volumn 749, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 161-163

  Moreno, María Jesús ^a   De Pablo, Angel Luís López ^a   Marco, Emilio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral artery; Superior cervical ganglion; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GANGLIONECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; GANGLIONECTOMY; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHECTOMY; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0343052608     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01382-0     Document Type: Article

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