L-arginine improves dystrophic phenotype in mdx mice

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-130

  Voisin, Vincent ^a   Sébrié, Catherine ^b   Matecki, Stéfan ^c   Yu, Hua ^a   Gillet, Brigitte ^b   Ramonatxo, Michèle ^c   Israël, Maurice ^a   De La Porte, Sabine ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

DMD; Dystrophin; l arginine; mdx; Molsidomine; Utrophin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COLLAGEN; CREATINE KINASE; DYE; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; EVANS BLUE; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOPLASM; DIAPHRAGM; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; LEG; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CREATINE KINASE; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSTROGLYCANS; EVANS BLUE; FEMALE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PHENOTYPE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTROPHIN;

EID: 24044503385     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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