Resistance to neurotoxicity in cortical cultures from neuronal nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2479-2487

  Dawson, Valina L ^a   Kizushi, Victor M ^a   Huang, Paul L ^b   Snyder, Solomon H ^a   Dawson, Ted M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamate; ischemia; nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase; NMDA; toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; QUISQUALIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029927787     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-08-02479.1996     Document Type: Article

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