Cerebral changes occurring in arginase and dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) in a rat model of sleeping sickness.

<h4>Background</h4>Involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in the pathophysiology of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) was analyzed in a HAT animal model (rat infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei). With this model, it was previously reported that trypanosomes were capable of limiting trypa...

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Main Authors: Donia Amrouni, Anne Meiller, Sabine Gautier-Sauvigné, Monique Piraud, Bernard Bouteille, Philippe Vincendeau, Alain Buguet, Raymond Cespuglio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21408057/?tool=EBI