Effects of nitric oxide donors sodium nitroprusside and 3-morpholino-sydnonimine on prolactin secretion in conscious rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Gonzalez, M C ^a   Linares, J D ^a   Santos, M ^a   Llorente, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

L Arginine; Neuroendocrine function; Nitric oxide; N Nitro L arginine methyl ester; Prolactin; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LINSIDOMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MOLSIDOMINE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030031121     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12286-9     Document Type: Article

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