title: Relationship between nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase-reactive neurons and blood vessels in basal ganglia.
abstract: The relationship between nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase-positive neurons and blood vessels was investigated within the rat basal ganglia. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase-positive cell bodies, dendrites or axon-like processes surrounding many but not all blood vessels were observed in the caudate-putamen, ventral pallidum, medial part of the globus pallidus, substantia nigra and subthalamic nucleus. It is concluded that this close relationship contributes to the local vasodilator effect of nitric oxide in the regulation of blood flow in cerebral blood vessels.
authors.affiliation: Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Govsa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kayalioglu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001160:Arterioles / Q000201:enzymology; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000166:cytology*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000201:enzymology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000098:blood supply / Q000166:cytology; D020531:Subthalamic Nucleus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase