iNOS expression in rat aorta is increased after spinal cord transection: A possible cause of orthostatic hypotension in man

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 415, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 210-214

  Zhao, Jingbo ^a,b   Wecht, Jill M ^a,b   Zhang, Yuanfei ^a   Wen, Xialing ^c   Zeman, Richard ^c   Bauman, William A ^a,b   Cardozo, Christopher ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Orthostatic hypotension; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALS; AORTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SHY-DRAGER SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 33947164944     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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