title: Postnatal development of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH-d) positive neurons in rat prefrontal cortex.
abstract: First nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH-d)-positive perikarya in rat prefrontal cortex (PFC) are present at birth. On postnatal day (P) 1, there is an increase of NADPH-d-positive neurons in all developing layers of PFC. From P1 to P7, a further increase in the overall number of positive neurons is observed. First laminar and area shifts are noted on P21, while morphological maturation of NADPH-d-positive neurons is finished around P30. In conclusion, the postnatal development of NADPH-d neurons in PFC is in concordance with other developmental events in rat cerebral cortex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zobundźija
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meáugorac
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008297:Male; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase