Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and nitrotyrosine immunoreactivity in the spinal cords of transgenic mice with a G93A mutant SOD1 gene

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 839-846

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Warita, Hitoshi ^b   Abe, Koji ^b   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Immunohistochemistry; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitrotyrosine; SOD1 mutation; Spinal cord; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0034836440     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/60.9.839     Document Type: Article

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