Nitric oxide as an initiator of brain lesions during the development of Alzheimer disease

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-305

  Aliev, Gjumrakch ^a,b,c   Palacios, Hector H ^a   Lipsitt, Amanda E ^d   Fischbach, Kathryn ^a   Lamb, Bruce T ^e   Obrenovich, Mark E ^f   Morales, Ludis ^b   Gasimov, Eldar ^g   Bragin, Valentin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c Stress Relief and Memory Training Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AZERBAIJAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Metabolism; Mitochondria; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANTIOXIDANT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; HOMOCYSTEINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIN-1; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 70349969737     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-009-9066-5     Document Type: Article

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