Production of nitric oxide by glial cells: Regulation and potential roles in the CNS

GLIA

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Murphy, Sean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Medical School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cerebral vasculature; Ischemia; Microglia; Neuropathologies; Nitric oxide synthases

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; LIGAND; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLIA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LIGANDS; MALE; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0033986453     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(20000101)29:1<1::AID-GLIA1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Review

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