Temporal changes in expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase mRNA in the rat hippocampus associated with kainate-induced seizures

Neurological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-412

  Kashihara, Kenichi ^a   Akiyama, Kazufumi ^a   Kodama, Masafumi ^a   Kohira, Ichiro ^a   Abe, Koji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; In situ hybridization; Kainic acid; Nitric oxide; nNOS

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034131030     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2000.11758606     Document Type: Article

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