Biphasic enhacement of nitric oxide synthase activity and cGMP level following brain ischemia in gerbils

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-81

  Strosznajder, Joanna ^a   Chalimoniuk, Małgorzata ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia reperfusion; cGMP; Glucocorticoid; Inhibitors; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; CYCLIC GMP; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CYCLIC GMP; GERBILLINAE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 0029887605     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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