Regulation and immunhistochemical localization of nitric oxide synthases and soluble guanylyl cyclase in mouse spinal cord following nociceptive stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-75

  Euchenhofer, C ^a   Tegeder, I ^b   Beck, K F ^b   Pfeilschifter, J ^b   Geisslinger, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide synthase; Nociceptive stimulation; Soluble guanylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EDEMA; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NOCICEPTORS; SOLUBILITY; SPINAL CORD; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 0343953615     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01302-1     Document Type: Article

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