Nitric oxide synthase and NADPH diaphorase distribution in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) CNS: Pathways and functional implications

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-163

  Huynh, Phuong ^a   Boyd, Sunny K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Brain; Frog; Histochemistry; Immunocytochemistry; NADPHd; Nitric oxide synthase; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURKINJE CELL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RANA CATESBEIANA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548676795     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104306     Document Type: Article

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