NOS knockouts and neuroprotection
Article Abstract:
Different isoforms of nitric oxide synthase may be involved in the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Huntington's disease. Nitric oxide is a free radical and can produce oxidative damage in the brain.
Publisher: Nature America, Inc.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 1999
Research, Physiological aspects, Nervous system, Nitric oxide, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson disease, Nerve degeneration
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 1999
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Heme moves to center stage in cerebral malaria
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A new therapeutic approach to treat cerebral malaria suggests that the enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (OH-1) or its product carbon monoxide could decrease free heme level that induce inflammation and permeabilization of the blood brain barrier, leading to death.
Publisher: Nature America, Inc.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2007
Industrial Gas Manufacturing, Industrial gases, Carbon Monoxide, Health aspects, Care and treatment, Analysis, Oxidases, Malaria
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2007
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