Decrease of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the cerebellum of aged rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-40

  Yu, Wen Jen ^a   Juang, Shiow Wen ^a   Lee, Jie Jen ^b   Liu, Tsang Pai ^b   Cheng, Juei Tang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide synthase, Ageing, Central nervous system

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBELLUM; CITRULLINE; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034623305     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01377-X     Document Type: Article

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