The diversity of nNOS gene expression in avulsion-injured spinal motoneurons among laboratory rodents

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Wang, Jiachuan ^a   Yan, Lifeng ^a   Zhao, Xiuchun ^a   Wu, Wutian ^b   Zhou, Li Hua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Motoneuron; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Species specific

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR NEURONS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 73349099337     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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