| Literature DB >> 10884038 |
A Pereira1, M A Freire, C P Bahia, J G Franca, C W Picanço-Diniz.
Abstract
The main goal of the present work was to investigate the pattern of NADPH-diaphorase activity in the somatosensory cortex of the adult mouse. Our results show that this enzyme, which is responsible for the production of the neuronal messenger nitric oxide, is abundant within the neuropil of SmI cortex, revealing the complete pattern of barrel fields. A previous study, however, had reported that NADPH-diaphorase reactivity within the barrels was transient, disappearing after the second postnatal week. We hypothesize that the massive occurrence of NADPH-diaphorase in the barrel fields of the adult mouse brain is related to the potential for plastic changes in the somatosensory cortex that is maintained throughout maturity.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 10884038 DOI： 10.1097/00001756-200006260-00017
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuroreport ISSN： 0959-4965 Impact factor: 1.837