Constitutive nitric oxide synthase in hypothalami of normal and hereditary diabetes insipidus rats and mice: Role of nitric oxide in osmotic regulation and its mechanism

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1745-1751

  Wang, Hui ^a   Morris, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN; WATER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; URINE OSMOLALITY;

EID: 0029989189     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.5.8612510     Document Type: Article

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