Effects of lamotrigine on brain nitrite and cGMP levels during focal cerebral ischemia in rats

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 140-146

  Balkan, S ^a   Ozben T ^a   Balkan, E ^a   Oguz, N ^a   Serteser, M ^a   Gumuslu S ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cGMP; focal cerebral ischemia; lamotrigine; nitric oxide; nitrite; stroke

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0030940988     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00085.x     Document Type: Article

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