Expression of induced nitric oxide synthase in amoeboid microglia in postnatal rats following an exposure to hypoxia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-104

  You, Y ^a   Kaur, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amoeboid microglial cells; Blood brain barrier; Hypoxia; Induced nitric oxide synthase; OX 42; Postnatal rats

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROGLIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033969753     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00967-2     Document Type: Article

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