The effect of L-arginine, a nitric oxide synthase substrate, on retinal cell proliferation in the postnatal rat

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-321

  Kim, Keun Young ^a   Moon, Jung Il ^a   Lee, Eun Jin ^a   Lee, Yeon Jung ^a   Kim, In Beom ^a   Park, Chan Kee ^a   Oh, Su Ja ^a   Chun, Myung Hoon ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Nitric oxide; Proliferation; Rat; Retina; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROBLAST; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; ARGININE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 18744401038     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066745     Document Type: Article

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