Nitric oxide and drinking behaviour

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 117-121

  Calapai, Gioacchino ^a   Caputi, Achille P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Antidipsogenic effect; Brain; Drinking behaviour; Nitric oxide; Water intake

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN; ARGININE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; POA;

EID: 0030575651     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(96)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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