The nitric oxide/cyclic GMP system in astroglial cells

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2001, Pages 325-337

  Baltrons, María Antonia ^a   García, Agustina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMPA RECEPTOR; BETA INTERFERON; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOTHELIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0035783980     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(01)32086-1     Document Type: Article

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