Inducible nitric oxide synthase up-regulation in a transgenic mouse model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2415-2425

  Almer, Gabriele ^a   Vukosavic, Slobodanka ^a   Romero, Norma ^a   Przedborski, Serge ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Astrocyte; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Microglia; Motor neurons; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; POINT MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033018506     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0722415.x     Document Type: Article

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