Changes in the number of nitrergic neurons following kainic acid administration and repeated long-term hypoxia

Physiological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-349

  Benešová, Petra ^a   Langmeier, M ^a   Betka, J ^a   Trojan, S ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Hypoxia; Kainic Acid; Nitric Oxide; Primary auditory cortex

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ASSAY; FROZEN SECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NITRERGIC NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 2942722653     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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