Loss of nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in cerebral vasospasm

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 648-654

  Pluta, Ryszard M ^c   Thompson, B Gregory ^a   Dawson, Ted M ^c   Snyder, Solomon H ^c   Boock, Robert J ^c   Oldfield, Edward H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

cerebrovascular regulation; monkey; nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase; vasospasm

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029995008     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.4.0648     Document Type: Article

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