Transient ischemia mediates dissimilarities in nitric oxide synthase activity in the spinal cord regions

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 753-759

  Silvašiová, Maria ^a   Pavel, Jaroslav ^a   Radoňák, Jozef ^b   Kolesár, Dalibor ^a   Lukáčová, Nadežda ^a   Maršala, Jozef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide synthase; Rabbit; Spinal cord regions; Transient ischemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 14844293587     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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