Gender differences of inducible nitric oxide production in SJL/J mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-106

  Ding, Minzhen ^a   Wong, Joyce L ^a   Rogers, Norma E ^a   Ignarro, Louis J ^a   Voskuhl, Rhonda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cGMP; EAE; Gender; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Multiple sclerosis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; CYCLIC CMP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030838420     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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