Nitric oxide synthase inhibitor reduces delayed neuronal death in gerbil hippocampal CA1 neurons after transient global ischemia without reduction of brain temperature or extracellular glutamate concentration

Brain Research

Volumn 738, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 275-280

  Kohno, Keiji ^a   Ohta, Shinsuke ^a   Kohno, Kanehisa ^a   Kumon, Yoshiaki ^a   Mitani, Akira ^a   Sakaki, Saburo ^a   Kataoka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

delayed neuronal death; gerbil; glutamate; hippocampus; hyperthermia; nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIA; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GERBILLINAE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE;

EID: 0030569354     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00794-9     Document Type: Article

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