Regional variations and age-related changes in nitric oxide synthase and arginase in the sub-regions of the hippocampus

Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 679-687

  Liu, P ^a   Smith, P F ^a   Appleton, I ^a   Darlington, C L ^a,b   Bilkey, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aging; Arginine; Learning; Memory; Neurodegeneration; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0037844786     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(03)00210-0     Document Type: Article

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