Nitric oxide synthase activities are selectively decreased in vulnerable brain regions in thiamine deficiency

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-20

  Raghavendra Rao, V L ^a   Mousseau, D D ^a   Butterworth, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Thiamine deficiency; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0029921648     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12541-6     Document Type: Article

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