Nitric oxide in excitable tissues: Physiological roles and disease

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2424-2429

  Christopherson, Karen S ^a   Bredt, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0030734267     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119783     Document Type: Review

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