Neuronal damage following intraspinal injection of a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor in the rat

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 996-1004

  Yezierski, Robert P ^a,b   Liu, Shanliang ^a,b   Ruenes, Gladys L ^a,b   Busto, Raul ^b   Dietrich, W Dalton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemia; L NAME; Neuronal loss; Nitric oxide; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0029745605     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199609000-00025     Document Type: Article

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