Role of nitric oxide in histamine-induced increases in permeability of the blood-brain barrier

Brain Research

Volumn 743, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 70-76

  Mayhan, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; cerebral venule; FITC dextran; L NMMA; nitric oxide; pial arteriole; rat

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HISTAMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGIONAL PERFUSION;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WF; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030464081     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01021-9     Document Type: Article

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