Acute Heat Stress Induces Edema and Nitric Oxide Synthase Upregulation and Down-Regulates mRNA Levels of the NMDAR1, NMDAR2A and NMDAR2B Subunits in the Rat Hippocampus

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn 1997, Issue 70, 1997, Pages 275-278

  Le Greves P ^a   Sharma, H S ^a   Westman, J ^a   Alm, P ^b   Nyberg, F ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Hyperthermia; Nitric oxide; NMDA receptor gene expression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, RAT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN EDEMA; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STRESS; UPREGULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN EDEMA; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0031299740     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6837-0_85     Document Type: Article

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