Differential action of 7-nitro indazole on rat brain nitric oxide synthase

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Kalisch, Bettina E ^a   Connop, Bruce P ^a   Jhamandas, Khem ^a   Beninger, Richard J ^a   Boegman, Roland J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

7 Nitro indazole (7 NI); Brain nitric oxide synthase; Differential inhibition

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDAZOLES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030598406     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13194-3     Document Type: Article

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