Age-related alterations of nitric oxide production in the brains of seizure-susceptible EL mice

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-306

  Nagatomo, Itsugi ^a   Akasaki, Yasuaki ^a   Uchida, Masahiro ^a   Tominaga, Masataka ^a   Hashiguchi, Wataru ^a   Kuchiiwa, Satoshi ^a   Nakagawa, Shiro ^a   Takigawa, Morikuni ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Epilepsy; Free radicals; Hippocampus; NADPH diaphorase

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033673156     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(00)00347-6     Document Type: Article

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