Role of nitric oxide in defense of the central nervous system against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 886-889

  Olin, Michael R ^a   Armién, Aníbal G ^a   Cheeran, Maxim C J ^b   Rock, R Bryan ^b   Molitor, Thomas W ^a   Peterson, Phillip K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 51749091778     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591097     Document Type: Article

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