Excessive production of nitric oxide induces the neuronal cell death in lipopolysaccharide-treated rat hippocampal slice culture

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-36

  Lee, Pyeongjae ^a   Son, Dongwook ^a   Lee, Jongseok ^a   Kim, Yong Sik ^b   Kim, Hocheol ^a   Kim, Sun Yeou ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hippocampal slice culture; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Inflammation; N Monomethyl L arginine; Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0142042970     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00697-9     Document Type: Article

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