Lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide synthase activity in cultured cerebellar granule neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-48

  Sato, Ikuko ^a   Himi, Toshiyuki ^a   Murota, Sei Itsu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebellar granule neurons; high K+; lipopolysaccharide; nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030028520     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12377-6     Document Type: Article

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