Expression of nitrergic system and protein nitration in adult rat brains submitted to acute hypobaric hypoxia

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 182-201

  Castro Blanco, Susana ^a   Encinas, Juan Manuel ^a   Serrano, Julia ^a   Alonso, David ^a   Gómez, María Benita ^b   Sánchez, Jaime ^c   Ríos Tejada, Francisco ^c   Fernández Vizarra, Paula ^a   Fernández, Ana Patricia ^a   Martínez Murillo, Ricardo ^a   Rodrigo, José ^a,d  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c NBC Defense School   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Hypobaric chamber; Nitric oxide; Reoxygenation

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; CALCIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REOXYGENATION; SIMULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 10744221724     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1089-8603(03)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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