Nitric oxide synthase in reactive astrocytes adjacent to β-amyloid plaques

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 266-272

  Wallace, Mark N ^a   Geddes, Joan G ^a   Farquhar, Duncan A ^a   Masson, Margaret R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CADAVER; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0031127418     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.6373     Document Type: Article

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