Increased nitric oxide synthase activity is essential for electromagnetic-pulse-induced blood-retinal barrier breakdown in vivo

Brain Research

Volumn 1264, Issue , 2009, Pages 104-110

  Lu, Lianjun ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Wang, Xiaowu ^a   Guo, Guozhen ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood retinal barrier; Electromagnetic pulse; Nitric oxide synthase; Occludin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; OCCLUDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EVANS BLUE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; PERMEABILITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

RATTUS;

EID: 63249109690     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.01.043     Document Type: Article

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