Distribution of Nitrergic Neurons in the Dorsal Root Ganglia of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1066-1073

  Bombardi, Cristiano ^a   Cozzi, Bruno ^b   Nenzi, Alice ^a   Mazzariol, Sandro ^b   Grandis, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Dorsal root ganglia; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Substance P

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXIDASE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; GANGLION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79956282349     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21394     Document Type: Article

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