Catalytic nitric oxide synthase activity in the white and gray matter regions of the spinal cord of rabbits

Physiological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-173

  Lukacova N ^a   Pavel, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

cNOS activity; Rabbit; Spinal cord segments; White and gray matter regions

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAY MATTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CATALYSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CITRULLINE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RABBITS; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRITIUM;

EID: 0033956110     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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