Cysteamine eliminates nitric oxide synthase activity but is not protective to the hypoxic-ischemic neonatal rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Spanggord, Holly ^a   Sheldon, R Ann ^a   Ferriero, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hypoxia; Ischemia; Nervous system; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTAMINE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030602856     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12848-2     Document Type: Article

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