Preventive effect of NG-nitro-L-arginine against L-cysteine-induced seizures in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Yamamoto, Hiro Aki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

L cysteine; Mice; Nitric oxide; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SYNTHETASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEIZURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; ARGININE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYSTEINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029670636     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(95)03443-9     Document Type: Article

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