Nitric oxide synthase and arginase expression in the vestibular nucleus and hippocampus following unilateral vestibular deafferentation in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 966, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-25

  Liu, Ping ^a   Zheng, Yiwen ^a   King, Jaimee ^a   Darlington, Cynthia L ^a   Smith, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Unilateral labyrinthectomy; Unilateral vestibular deafferentation; Vestibular compensation

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEAFFERENTATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0037436427     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04146-X     Document Type: Article

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