RELATIVE SPARING OF NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE CONTAINING NEURONS IN THE HIPPOCAMPAL-FORMATION IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

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作者
HYMAN, BT
MARZLOFF, K
WENNIGER, JJ
DAWSON, TM
BREDT, DS
SNYDER, SH
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,BOSTON,MA 02115
[2] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,DEPT NEUROSCI,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[3] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,DEPT NEUROL,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[4] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,DEPT PHARMACOL,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[5] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,DEPT MOLEC SCI,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[6] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,DEPT PSYCHIAT,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
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10.1002/ana.410320618
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Nitric oxide (NO) is an endogenous neuromodulator that may mediate neurotoxic effects of glutamate. NO- synthesizing neurons are, however, resistant to NO- and glutamate-induced neurotoxicity. We now show that NO synthase neurons are selectively spared in patients with Alzheimer's disease, even in a severely affected region of the brain such as the hippocampal formation.
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