Nitric oxide synthase in rat visual cortex: An immunohistochemical study

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-67

  Yousef, Tagrid ^a   Neubacher, Ute ^a   Eysel, Ulf T ^a   Volgushev, Maxim ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cellular and molecular biology; DAB; Diaminobenzidine; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Endothelial NOS (eNOS); eNOS; Immunocytochemistry; NADPH; Neuronal NOS (nNOS); Nitric oxide synthase (NOS); Rat; Staining, tracing and image techniques; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE SECTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AXONS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DENDRITES; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROTOMY; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 1942424191     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresprot.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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