Trypanosoma cruzi: Increased 5'-nucleotidase activity associated with dysfunction of adrenergic receptors in acutely infected albino Swiss mice

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 970-972

  Fretes, R E ^a   Paglini, P ^a   Fernandez A R ^a,b   Enders, J ^a   De Fabro, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY; HEART VENTRICLES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIUM; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032702927     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285840     Document Type: Article

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