Blockade of neuronal nitric oxide synthase protects against excitotoxicity in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 8419-8429

  Schulz, Jörg B ^a   Matthews, Russell T ^a   Jenkins, Bruce G ^a   Ferrante, Robert J ^b   Siwek, Donald ^b   Henshaw, D Ross ^a   Cipolloni, P Ben ^b   Mecocci, Patrizia ^a   Kowall, Neil W ^b   Rosen, Bruce R ^a   Beal, M Flint ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

7 nitroindazole; excitotoxicity; free radicals; Huntington's disease; nitric oxide synthase; nitrotyrosine

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; 3 NITROTYROSINE; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 13344261420     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-12-08419.1995     Document Type: Article

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