Synaptic and vascular associations of neurons containing cyclooxygenase-2 and nitric oxide synthase in rat somatosensory cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1250-1260

  Wang, Hong ^a   Hitron, Ingrid M ^a   Iadecola, Costantino ^a   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Excitatory transmission; Hyperemia; Prostaglandins; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTANOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ICOSANOID METABOLISM; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 25444435484     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi008     Document Type: Article

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