3-Nitropropionic acid produces striatum selective lesions accompanied by iNOS expression

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 209-212

  Nishino, Hitoo ^a   Fujimoto, Ichiro ^a   Shimano, Yasunobu ^a   Hida, Hideki ^a   Kumazaki, Michiko ^a   Fukuda, Atsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Blood brain barrier; Neuronal cell death; Neurotoxin; Nitric oxide; Striatum

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; AMINOGUANIDINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXTRAVASATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029970017     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00134-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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