Temporal and anatomical distribution of nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression and nitric oxide production during central nervous system inflammation

Brain Research

Volumn 852, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 239-246

  López Figueroa, Manuel O ^a   Day, Heidi E W ^a   Lee, Soon ^b   Rivier, Catherine ^b   Akil, Huda ^a   Watson, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Diaminofluorescein; Inflammation; Interleukin 1 ; mRNA; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0343340055     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02241-6     Document Type: Article

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