Morphological Diversity of Nitric Oxide Synthesising Neurons in Mammalian Cerebral Cortex

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-172

  Yan, X X ^a,c   Garey, L J ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium binding proteins; Cerebral cortex; Colocalisation; GABA; Mammals; Nitric oxide; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; NERVE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARVALBUMIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; MACACA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; RABBIT; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MICE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARVALBUMINS; RABBITS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842815263     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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