Both the neuronal and inducible isoforms contribute to upregulation of retinal nitric oxide synthase activity by brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 8517-8527

  Klöcker, Nikolaj ^a   Kermer, Pawel ^a   Gleichmann, Marc ^a   Weller, Michael ^a   Bähr, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axotomy; BDNF; Microglia; NADPH diaphorase; Neurodegeneration; Nitric oxide synthase; Retina

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ISOENZYME; MEMANTINE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0343729908     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08517.1999     Document Type: Article

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