Neuronal and inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitrotyrosine immunoreactivities in the cerebral cortex of the aging rat

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-88

  Uttenthal, L O ^a   Alonso, D ^a   Fernandez A P ^a   Campbell, R O ^b   Moro, M A ^c   Leza, J C ^c   Lizasoain, I ^c   Esteban, F J ^d   Barroso, J B ^d   Valderrama, R ^d   Pedrosa, J A ^d   Peinado, M A ^d   Serrano, J ^a   Richart, A ^a   Bentura, M L ^a   Santacana, M ^a   Martinez Murillo R ^a   Rodrigo, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Cortex; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; NEURONS; RATS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTEXES; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITIES; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LOCALISED; NITROTYROSINE; POLYCLONAL; SIMILAR NUMBERS; WESTERN-BLOTTING;

NITRIC OXIDE;

3 NITROTYROSINE; BRAIN EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 18744421432     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981001)43:1<75::AID-JEMT11>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Review

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