Attenuation of cocaine kindling by 7-nitroindazole, an inhibitor of brain nitric oxide synthase

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1065-1073

  Itzhak, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

7 Nitroindazole; Cocaine; Kindling; N methyl D aspartate receptor; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; COCAINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINDLING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCAINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDAZOLES; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; NARCOTICS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0030445550     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(96)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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