Increased microglial activation and protein nitration in white matter of the aging monkey

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 395-405

  Sloane, Jacob A ^a   Hollander, William ^a   Moss, Mark B ^a,b   Rosene, Douglas L ^a,b   Abraham, Carmela R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Nitrotyrosine; Aging; HLA DR; iNOS; Macaca mulatta; Microglia; Nitric oxide; Rhesus monkey; White matter

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032806355     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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