Pyramidal neurones in pathological human motor cortex express nitric oxide synthase

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-190

  Wallace, Mark N ^a   Tayebjee, Muzahir H ^a   Rana, Farzana S ^b   Farquhar, Duncan A ^a   Nyong'o, Aggrey O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cerebral malaria; Human immunodeficiency virus; Neuroprotection; Pyramidal cells; Senile plaques

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION; MALARIA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0030593492     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12809-3     Document Type: Article

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