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Degeneration of NO-synthesizing cerebrocortical neurons in transgenic mice expressing mutated superoxide dismutase is not due to elevated nitric oxide levels.
Brain research - 16 Jan 1999
Aguila M C, Kuljis R O
Abstract excerpt
Nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS)-containing cerebrocortical neurons degenerate in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and dementia, and in transgenic mice expressing a mutated superoxide dismutase gene (G93A) associated with familial ALS. The cerebral cortex of transgenic mice displayed decreased NOS activity (p<0.001) and cGMP levels (p<0.01), but no changes in NOS content indicating that less NO...
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