Selective protection against oxidative damage in brain of mice with a targeted disruption of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase gene

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1391-1402

  Martínez Lazcano, Juan Carlos ^a   Pérez Severiano, Francisca ^b   Escalante, Bruno ^c   Ramírez Emiliano, Joel ^c   Vergara, Paula ^c   Gonzalez, Rosa O ^d   Segovia, José ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Lipid peroxidation; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Oxidative damage; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ISOENZYMES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOSTRIATUM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34248212161     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21261     Document Type: Article

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