Deficient nitric oxide responsible for reduced nerve blood flow in diabetic rats: Effects of L-NAME, L-arginine, sodium nitroprusside and evening primrose oil

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 186-190

  Omawari, Nagashige ^a   Dewhurst, Mark ^a   Vo, Phuong ^a   Mahmood, Salina ^a   Stevens, Elizabeth ^a   Tomlinson, David R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic neuropathy; Nitric oxide; Rat nerve; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PRIMROSE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ENDONEURIUM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROINJECTION; MICROPIPETTE; NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0029873020     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15384.x     Document Type: Article

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