Nitric oxide synthase is expressed in experimental malignant glioma and influences tumour blood flow

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 870-876

  Whittle, I R ^a   Collins, F ^a   Kelly, P A T ^a   Ritchie, I ^a   Ironside, J W ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Glioma; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; GLIOMA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0029993267     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411266     Document Type: Article

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