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The barrel field of the adult mouse Sml cortex as revealed by NADPH- diaphorase histochemistry

NeuroReport, ISSN: 0959-4965, Vol: 11, Issue: 9, Page: 1889-1892
2000
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The main goal of the present work was to investigate the pattern of NAPH-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 Sml 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. (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

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