Endotoxin induces interleukin-1beta and nitric oxide synthase mRNA in rat hypothalamus and pituitary.
The gases nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) may be involved in hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) modulation. In the brain, NO is synthesized by two forms of NO synthase (NOS), a constitutive neuronal form (nNOS) and an inducible form (iNOS). There are also a constitutive heme oxygena...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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