Expression of NADPH-diaphorase and nitric oxide synthase in lumbosacral motoneurons after knee joint immobilisation in the guinea pig

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 603-610

  He, X H ^a   Tay, S S W ^a   Ling, E A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Spinal motoneurons

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; KNEE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION TIME; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE JOINT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031464764     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878297002859     Document Type: Article

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