Acute effects of tetrahydrobiopterin on the dynamic characteristics and adaptability of vestibulo-ocular reflex in normal and flocculus lesioned rabbits

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-44

  Nagao, Soichi ^a   Kitazawa, Hiromasa ^a   Osanai, Ryuichi ^b   Hiramatsu, Takahito ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopterine; Cerebellum; Flocculus; Guanylate cyclase; Nitric oxide; Rabbit; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; KAINIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOPTERIN; CEREBELLUM; DENERVATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; RABBITS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR;

EID: 0030743757     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00518-1     Document Type: Article

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