Age-related augmentation of the dehydration-induced increase in the supraoptic nitric oxide synthase activity in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-16

  Soinila, S ^a   Sadeniemi, M ^a   Lumme, A ^a   Vanhatalo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Dehydration; Hypothalamus; Neuroendocrinology; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, RAT;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; AGE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; DEHYDRATION; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033520171     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00564-9     Document Type: Article

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