Nitric oxide synthase inhibition in the histamine headache model

Cephalalgia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-182

  Schmetterer, L ^a,b   Wolzt, M ^a   Graselli, U ^a   Findl, O ^a   Strenn, K ^a   Simak, S ^a   Kastner, J ^a   Eichler, H G ^a   Singer, E A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; experimental headache; fundus pulsations; histamine; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EYE FUNDUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIGRAINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEADACHE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE;

EID: 0030984933     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1997.1703175.x     Document Type: Article

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