Upregulation of protein-tyrosine nitration in the anterior horn cells of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-128

  Abe, K ^a   Pan, L H ^a,b   Watanabe, M ^a,b   Konno, H ^c   Kato, T ^d   Itoyama, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; nitric oxide synthase; Nitrotyrosine; superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NITRATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0030888919     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1997.11740784     Document Type: Article

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