Expression of nitric oxide synthase by motor neurones in the spinal cord of the mutant mouse wobbler

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-180

  Clowry, G J ^a   McHanwell, S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cell death; Motor neurone; Nicotinamide dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030582411     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12971-2     Document Type: Article

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