Spontaneous expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in the hypothalamus and other brain regions of aging rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3254-3261

  Vernet, Dolores ^a   Bonavera, Juan Jose ^a   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^a   Gonzalez Cadavid, Nestor F ^a,b   Wang, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0031760291     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.7.6119     Document Type: Article

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