7-Nitroindazole attenuates vasodilation from cerebellar parallel fiber stimulation but not acetylcholine

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 4 39-4, 1996, Pages

  Iadecola, Costantino ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Xu, Sherry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral circulation; citrulline assay; laser Doppler; nitric oxide synthase; parallel fibers; rat

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ACETYLCHOLINE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALOTHANE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RINGER SOLUTION;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPERCAPNIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029928743     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.4.r914     Document Type: Article

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