Chronic blockade of nitric oxide synthesis elevates plasma levels of catecholamines and their metabolites at rest and during stress in rats

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 995-1001

  Kvetňanský, Richard ^a,c   Pacák, Karel ^b,c   Tokarev, Dmitrij ^a   Jelokovà, Jana ^a   Ježová, Daniela ^a   Rusnák, Milan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC); Dihydroxyphenylglycol (DHPG); Dopamine; Epinephrine; Immobilization stress; Nitric oxide synthase inhibition; Nitro L arginine methylesther (L NAME); Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINES; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030877549     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022426910111     Document Type: Article

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