NMDA receptor blockade alters the intracellular distribution of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the superficial layers of the rat superior colliculus

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-196

  de Bittencourt Navarette, Ruben E ^a   do Nascimento, I C ^a   Santiago, M F ^a   Mendez Otero, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide synthase; NMDA receptor; Postsynaptic density targeting; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 65549155256     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2009000200007     Document Type: Article

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