Inhibition of feeding by a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor: Effects of aging

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-19

  Morley, John E ^a,b   Kumar, Vijaya B ^a,b   Mattammal, Michael B ^a,b   Farr, Sue ^a,b   Morley, Patricia M K ^a,b   Flood, James F ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anorexia: Food intake; Hypothalamus; Nitric oxide (NO); Nitric oxide (NO) synthase

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030571007     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00546-8     Document Type: Article

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