Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Cell Changes in Dorsal Root Ganglia and Spinal Dorsal Horn of Developing and Adult Rana esculenta Indicate a Role of Nitric Oxide in Limb Metamorphosis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 472, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-436

  Cristino, Luigia ^a   Florenzano, Fulvio ^b   Bentivoglio, Marina ^c   Guglielmotti, Vittorio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Lab Exp Neurorehab S L Found   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Development; Limb innervation; Locomotion; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ASSAY; FROG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; METAMORPHOSIS; NEUROPIL; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXTREMITIES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 1942452399     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20057     Document Type: Article

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