Role of nitric oxide in the convulsive seizures induced by fluoroquinolones coadministered with 4-biphenyl acetic acid

General Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 767-770

  Kohno, Ken Ichi ^a   Niwa, Masayuki ^a   Nozaki, Masakatsu ^a,b   Uematsu, Toshihiko ^a   Fujimura, Hajime ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Found Res Inst for Prod Devmt   (Japan)

Author keywords

BPAA; Convulsions; Cyclic GMP; Fluoroquinolines; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLIC GMP; FENBUFEN; NITRIC OXIDE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONVULSANTS; CYCLIC AMP; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ENOXACIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OFLOXACIN; PHENYLACETATES; SEIZURES;

EID: 0030657505     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(97)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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