L-NA-sensitive rCBF augmentation during vibrissal stimulation in type III nitric oxide synthase mutant mice

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 539-541

  Ayata, Cenk ^a   Ma, Jianya ^a   Meng, Wei ^a   Huang, Paul ^a   Moskowitz, Michael A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Coupling; Knockout; Mice; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0029967305     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199607000-00002     Document Type: Article

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