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Using NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry, distribution of reactive neurons in the forebrain structures and motor cortex of rats was studied. Some reactive (NO-generating) neurons are associated with microvessels and, thus, can be involved in the regulation of regional blood flow.
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Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology, Vol. 39, Nos. 4/5, pp. 405–407, July–October, 2007.
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Vlasenko, O.V., Dovgan’, A.V., Maisky, V.A. et al. NADPH-Diaphorase reactivity and neurovascular coupling in the basal forebrain and motor cortex. Neurophysiology 39, 355–357 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11062-007-0056-z
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