Response of NADPH-diaphorase-exhibiting neurons in the medullar reticular formation to high spinal cord injury

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 865-872

  Kucharova, Karolina ^a   Jalc, Pavol ^a   Radonak, Jozef ^b   Marsala, Jozef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

High spinal cord injury; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Rabbit; Regeneration; Reticular formation

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STAINING; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; RABBITS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 12944299821     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-004-6925-8     Document Type: Article

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