Expression of nitric oxide synthase and 27-kD heat shock protein in motor neurons of ventral root-avulsed rats

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-93

  He, Jian wen ^a   Hirata, Kazuho ^a   Wang, Songyan ^a   Kawabuchi, Masaru ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL NERVE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037366380     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.66.83     Document Type: Article

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