Morphometric variability of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase neurons in the primary sensory areas of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 205, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-153

  Freire, M A M ^a,b   Faber, J ^b,e   Picanco Diniz C W ^a   Franca, J G ^c   Pereira, A ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute for Neuroscience of Natal   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^e Universidade Federal da Integração Latino Americana   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circuitry; Inhibitory neurons; Morphometry; Primary areas; Rat

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STRIATE CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84858007000     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.12.029     Document Type: Article

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