Changes in nitric oxide synthase isoforms in the spinal cord of rat following induction of chronic arthritis

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-465

  Wu, J ^a   Lin, Q ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Willis, W D ^a   Westlund, K N ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Central canal; Chronic inflammation; Ependymal cell; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA CELL; HYPERALGESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HYPERALGESIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031963218     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050302     Document Type: Article

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