Age-dependent increase in ischemic brain injury in wild-type mice and in mice lacking the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 661-666

  Nagayama, Masao ^a   Aber, Tracy ^a   Nagayama, Tomiko ^a   Ross, M Elizabeth ^a   Iadecola, Constantino ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; C57BL 6 mice; Cerebral ischemia; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0033509491     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199906000-00009     Document Type: Article

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