Responses of nitric oxide synthase expression in the gracile nucleus to sciatic nerve injury in young and aged rats

Brain Research

Volumn 855, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 124-131

  Ma, Shengxing ^a   Cornford, Marcia E ^a   Vahabnezhad, Iaheh ^a   Wei, Shimin ^a   Li, Xiyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Axotomy; Gracile nucleus; Immunohistochemistry; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Rat

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRACILE NUCLEUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SCIATIC NERVE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0033966697     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02379-3     Document Type: Article

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