Nitric oxide synthase and growth-associated protein are coexpressed in primary sensory neurons after peripheral injury

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-74

  González Hernández, Tomás ^a   Rustioni, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; GAP 43; Growth cones; Nitric oxide; Regeneration; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

GROWTH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NEUROMODULIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CONE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0345390073     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990201)404:1<64::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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