Nitric oxide: A possible etiologic factor in spinal cord cavitation

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 248-252

  Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^a   Sato, Koji ^a   Kamiya, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yano, Jyunji ^a   Iwata, Hisashi ^a   Isobe, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated glia; GFAP; N MMA; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CYSTS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NECROSIS; NEUROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0031837320     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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