Precise distribution of neuronal nitric oxide synthase mRNA in the rat brain revealed by non-radioisotopic in situ hybridization

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Iwase, Katsuro ^a   Iyama, Ken Ichi ^a   Akagi, Kiwamu ^a   Yano, Shigetoshi ^a   Fukunaga, Kohji ^a   Miyamoto, Eishichi ^a   Mori, Masataka ^a   Takiguchi, Masaki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digoxigenin; Hippocampus; Hybridization; In situ; mRNA; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DIGOXIGENIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULAR CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RNA PROBE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DIENCEPHALON; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17044458521     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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