Reduction in asymmetrical dimethylarginine, an endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, in the cerebrospinal fluid during aging and in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-179

  Abe, Takashi ^a   Tohgi, Hideo ^a   Murata, Takahiko ^a   Isobe, Chiaki ^a   Sato, Chigumi ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Asymmetrical dimethylarginine; Cerebrospinal fluid; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNTHESIS;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARGININE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 0035955519     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02214-5     Document Type: Article

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