Treatment with 7-nitroindazole enhances kainic acid induced cholinergic neurotoxicity in the rat striatum: A neuroprotective role for neuronal nitric oxide

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 827-834

  Guevara, Beatriz H ^a,b,c   Cespedes, Ghislaine C ^a,b,c   Cubeddu, Luigi X ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

7 nitroindazole; Brain nitric oxide; Cholinergic neurons; Kainic acid; Neurotoxicity; Striatum

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ARACHIS OIL; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; KAINIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDAZOLES; KAINIC ACID; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0036973314     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021877512519     Document Type: Article

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