L-arginine uptake, the citrulline-NO cycle and arginase II in the rat brain: An in situ hybridization study

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-241

  Braissant, Olivier ^a   Gotoh, Tomomi ^b   Loup, Marc ^a   Mori, Masataka ^b   Bachmann, Claude ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginase; Arginine; Argininosuccinate; Brain; In situ hybridization; Nitric oxide; System y+

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIA CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, BASIC; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CITRULLINE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0033020697     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00151-5     Document Type: Article

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