NADPH-diaphorase activity in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus of rats during aging

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-28

  Díaz, Florentina ^a   Villena, Alicia ^a   Vidal, Lourdes ^a   Moreno, Mercedes ^a   Pérez De Vargas, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide synthase; Old age; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS;

DENDRITICS; KEY ELEMENTS; NADPH-DIAPHORASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASES; OLD AGE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERFICIAL LAYERS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEMS; WIDE-FIELD;

NEURONS;

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33644841928     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20262     Document Type: Article

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