Transgenic neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression induces axotomy-like changes in adult motoneurons

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3425-3443

  Montero, Fernando ^a   Sunico, Carmen R ^a,b   Liu, Behui ^b   Paton, Julian F R ^b   Kasparov, Sergey ^b   Moreno López, Bernardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MICRORNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; IMAGING; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXOTOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOTHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956769821     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.195396     Document Type: Article

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