Brain nitric oxide: Regional characterisation of a real-time microelectrochemical sensor

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-21

  Finnerty, Niall J ^a   O'Riordan, Saidhbhe L ^a   Palsson, Erik ^b   Lowry, John P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

In vivo; Nitric oxide; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex; Real time

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; POLITEF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OXIDATION; POTENTIOMETRY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME MICROELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84862244336     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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