Developmental and regional expression of NADPH-diaphorase/nitric oxide synthase in spinal cord neurons correlates with the emergence of limb motor networks in metamorphosing Xenopus laevis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1907-1922

  Ramanathan, Sankari ^a,c   Combes, Denis ^b   Molinari, Micol ^a   Simmers, John ^b   Sillar, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Development; Locomotion; NOS; Spinal networks

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LOCOMOTION; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33750079241     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05057.x     Document Type: Article

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