Glial nitric oxide and ischemia

GLIA

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-426

  Gibson, Claire L ^a   Coughlan, Teresa C ^a   Murphy, Sean P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Inflammation; Microglia; Neurogenesis; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENZYME REGULATION; GLIA; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 20344392918     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20143     Document Type: Review

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