Motoneuronal death without expression of NADPH-diaphorase activity after sciatic nerve cut in 5-day-old mice

Brain Research

Volumn 733, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-128

  He, Bei Ping ^a   Tay, Samuel Sam Wah ^a   Leong, Seng Kee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Motoneuronal death; NADPH diaphorase; Sciatic nerve cut

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030576866     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00755-X     Document Type: Article

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