Increased neurons containing neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the brain of a hypoxic-ischemic neonatal rat model

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 369-375

  Higuchi, Yoshihisa ^a   Hattori, Haruo ^a   Hattori, Ryuichi ^a   Furusho, Kenshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypoxic ischemic brain damage; Neonatal rat; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0030249183     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(96)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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