Characterization and regional distribution of nitric oxide synthase in the human brain during normal ageing

Brain Research

Volumn 834, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 128-135

  Blum Degen, Doris ^a   Heinemann, Thoralf ^a   Lan, Jing ^a   Pedersen, Vera ^a   Leblhuber, Fritz ^b   Paulus, Werner ^c   Riederer, Peter ^a   Gerlach, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LNK Wagner Jauregg Wagner J ^*  (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

3H L Citrulline formation assay; Arginine; Citrulline; Nitric oxide synthase; Postmortem human brain; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENTATE NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARGININE; BRAIN; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITRULLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; REFERENCE VALUES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033542808     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01444-4     Document Type: Article

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