Aminoguanidine reduces brain lesion volume after cold injury in the rat

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 440, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 309-314

  Gorlach C ^b   Hortobagyi T ^c   Benyo Z ^a   Wahl, M ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Physiologisches Institut   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cold lesion; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Lesion volume; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Nitrate nitrite concentration

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); AMINOGUANIDINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; SYNTHETASE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COLD; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANIDINES; MALE; NITRATES; NITRITES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 0006223390     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240051053     Document Type: Article

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