Developmental changes of catecholamine-mediating enzyme - Dopamine-β- hydroxylase and its cofactors in central and peripheral tissues and serum of long-evans rats

International Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-203

  Khalilur Rahman, M ^a   Iqbal Choudhary, M ^b   Rafiqul Islam, M ^a   Hafizur, Rahman M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adrenals; Developmental changes; Dopamine hydroxylase; Hypothalamus; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; COPPER; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRIFUGATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HYPOTHALAMUS; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84866502272     PISSN: 15509702     EISSN: 15552810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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