Nitric oxide neurotoxicity

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 179-190

  Dawson, Valina L ^a   Dawson, Ted M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Nitric oxide; Reactive oxygen species; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALMODULIN; CITRULLINE; DNA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; LIPID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DAMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; METABOLITE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0029940977     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00148-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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