Nitric oxide mediates capsaicin-induced increase in cochlear blood flow

Hearing Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 114-119

  Vass, Zoltán ^a,b   Brechtelsbauer, P Bradley ^a   Nuttall, Alfred L ^a,c   Miller, Josef M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capsaicin; guinea pig; inner ear; laser Doppler flowmetry; nitric oxide; sensory neuron; substance P

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CAPSAICIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030272082     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00102-5     Document Type: Article

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