Neuronal NOS deficiency promotes apoptotic cell death of spinal cord neurons after peripheral nerve transection

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-111

  Keilhoff, Gerburg ^a   Fansa, Hisham ^a   Wolf, Gerald ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Endothelial NOS; Inducible NOS; Knock out mice; Neuronal NOS; Sciatic nerve transection; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NICK END LABELING; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 2342535712     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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