Nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity and NADPH-d histochemistry in the enteric nervous system of Sarda breed sheep with different PrP genotypes in whole-mount and cryostat preparations

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-401

  Lalatta Costerbosa, Giovanna ^a,e   Mazzoni, Maurizio ^a   Clavenzani, Paolo ^a   Di Guardo, Giovanni ^b   Mazzuoli, Gemma ^a,b   Marruchella, Giuseppe ^a,b   De Grossi, Luigi ^d   Agrimi, Umberto ^c   Chiocchetti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^e Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology and Animal Productions ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; NADPH d; Nitric oxide synthase; PrP genotype; Sheep; Whole mount

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRION PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GENOTYPE; GLIA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; ILEUM; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRPSC PROTEINS; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SARDA;

EID: 33947582841     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.6A7052.2007     Document Type: Article

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