Increased neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression in brain following portacaval anastomosis

Brain Research

Volumn 765, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-172

  Rao, V L Raghavendra ^a   Audet, R M ^a   Butterworth, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; L Arginine; L Nitroarginine; mRNA; Nitric oxide synthase; Portacaval shunt; RT PCR; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA;

EID: 0005853247     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00652-5     Document Type: Article

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