Induction of argininosuccinate synthetase in rat brain glial cells after striatal microinjection of immunostimulants

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 898-907

  Heneka, Michael T ^a   Schmidlin, Andreas ^a   Wiesinger, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argininosuccinate Synthetase; L arginine; L citrulline; Microglia; Nitric Oxide Pathway; Rat Brain

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033510184     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199908000-00009     Document Type: Article

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