Enlarged infarcts in endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout mice are attenuated by nitro-L-arginine

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 981-987

  Huang, Zhihong ^a   Huang, Paul L ^a   Ma, Jianya ^a   Meng, Wei ^a   Ayata, Cenk ^a   Fishman, Mark C ^a   Moskowitz, Michael A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Regional cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029780767     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199609000-00023     Document Type: Article

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