Induction of NADPH-diaphorase activity in the rat forebrain after middle cerebral artery occlusion

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-120

  Peng, Ze Chun ^a,c   Pietra, Claudio ^b   Sbarbati, Andrea ^a   Ziviani, Luigi ^b   Yan, Xiao Bo ^d   Osculati, Francesco ^a   Bentivoglio, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b GSK   (Italy)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLIA CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0029932196     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0051     Document Type: Article

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