The Effect of a Spinal Cord Hemisection on Changes in Nitric Oxide Synthase Pools in the Site of Injury and in Regions Located Far Away from the Injured Site

摘要

1. The present study was designed to examine the nitric oxide synthase activities (constitutive and inducible) in the site of injury in response to Th10-Th11 spinal cord hemisection and, to determine whether unilateral disconnection of the spinal cord influences the NOS pools on the contra- and ipsilateral sides in segments located far away from the epicentre of injury.