Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on brain infarction in SOD- 1-transgenic mice following transient focal cerebral ischemia

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1153-1157

  Kamii, Hideyuki ^a,b   Mikawa, Shigeki ^b   Murakami, Kensuke ^b   Kinouchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a   Reola, Liza ^b   Carlson, Elaine ^b   Epstein, Charles J ^b   Chan, Pak H ^b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal brain ischemia; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Oxygen free radicals; Superoxide dismutase; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN RADICAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029858401     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199611000-00009     Document Type: Article

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