Involvement of nitric oxide in acute spinal cord injury: An immunocytochemical study using light and electron microscopy in the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-384

  Sharma, H S ^a,b   Westman, J ^a   Olsson, Y ^b   Alm, P ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Edema; Immunocytochemistry; L NAME; Nitric oxide synthase; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0029966320     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(95)01015-7     Document Type: Article

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