Neuropil reactivity, distribution and morphology of NADPH diaphorase type I neurons in the barrel cortex of the adult mouse

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 71-81

  Freire, Marco Aurélio M ^a   Franca, João G ^b   Picanço Diniz, Cristovam W ^a   Pereira Jr , Antônio ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel field; Fractal dimension; Interneurons; Morphometric analysis; Nitric oxide; Rodent; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GRANULE CELL; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECIES COMPARISON; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAXILLARY NERVE; MICE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROPIL; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 25144514530     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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