Aging-related increased expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and cytotoxicity markers in rat hypothalamic regions associated with male reproductive function

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Ferrini, Monica ^b   Wang, Christina ^b   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^b   Sinha Hikim, Amiya P ^b   Rajfer, Jacob ^a,b   Gonzalez Cadavid, Nestor F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Arcuate nucleus; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Immunocytochemistry; Male reproduction; Nitric oxide; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; GONADORELIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN; PEROXYNITRITE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE SECTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; REPRODUCTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 0034940139     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054665     Document Type: Article

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