Time course of NOS expression and neuronal death in Clarke's nucleus following traumatic injury in adult rat spinal cord

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 156-158

  Yick, Leung Wah ^a   Wu, Wutian ^a   So, Kwok Fai ^a   Wong, Sau Yee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Clarke's nucleus; Neuronal death; Nitric oxide synthase; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLARKE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

EID: 0032579383     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(98)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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