The expression of nNOS, iNOS and nitrotyrosine is increased in the rat cerebral cortex in experimental hepatic encephalopathy

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 594-604

  Suarez I ^a   Bodega, G ^a   Arilla, E ^a   Felipo, V ^b   Fernandez B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Hepatic encephalopathy; Nitric oxide synthase; Nitrotyrosine; Portacaval anastomosis; Pyramidal neurones

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE;

EID: 33750596410     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2006.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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