NADPH-diaphorase activity in area 17 of the squirrel monkey visual cortex: neuropil pattern, cell morphology and laminar distribution

• Published in: Brazilian journal of medical and biological research Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 1093 - 1105
• Main Authors: Franca, J G, do-Nascimento, J L, Picanço-Diniz, C W, Quaresma, J A, Silva, A L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 01.09.1997
• Subjects: Animals; BIOLOGY; cytochrome oxidase; Female; Male; MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL; NADPH Dehydrogenase - metabolism; NADPH-diaphorase; neocortex; nitric oxide synthase; primates; Saimiri - metabolism; Visual Cortex - anatomy & histology; Visual Cortex - enzymology; neocortex; primates; nitric oxide synthase; NADPH-diaphorase; cytochrome oxidase

We studied the distribution of NADPH-diaphorase activity in the visual cortex of normal adult New World monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) using the malic enzyme "indirect" method. NADPH-diaphorase neuropil activity had a heterogeneous distribution. In coronal sections, it had a clear laminar patt...