The controversy about spinal neuronal nitric oxide synthase: Under which conditions is it up- or downregulated?

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-194

  Callsen Cencic, P ^a   Hoheisel, U ^a   Kaske, A ^a   Mense, S ^a   Tenschert, S ^a  

^a Inst fur Anat and Zellbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

NADPH dependent diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Nociception; Pathological circumstances; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; SPINAL CORD; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033043362     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051224     Document Type: Review

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