Expression of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase in the retina of postnatal golden hamsters deprived of light stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 405, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 74-78

  Chen, Baiyu ^a,b   So, Kwok Fai ^a,b   Yu, Enhua ^c   Tay, David K C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Hamsters; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EYELID; FEMALE; HAMSTER; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRICETINAE; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MESOCRICETUS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 33746486856     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.06.042     Document Type: Article

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