Nitric oxide mediates neurodegeneration and breakdown of the blood-brain barrier in tPA-dependent excitotoxic injury in mice

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-349

  Parathath, Susana R ^a   Parathath, Saj ^a   Tsirka, Stella E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Excitotoxicity; Microglia; Nitric oxide; Peroxynitrite; tPA

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EXCITOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32244436334     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02734     Document Type: Article

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