Local injection of kainic acid causes widespread degeneration of NADPH-d neurons and induction of NADPH-d in neurons, endothelial cells and reactive astrocytes

Brain Research

Volumn 730, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Lei, De Liang ^a   Yang, Dong Liang ^a   Liu, H Mei ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

brain; endothelial cell; excitotoxin; glial cell; kainic acid; NADPH diaphorase; nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

EXCITOTOXIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KAINIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030593640     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00447-7     Document Type: Article

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