Developmental and regional differences in nitric oxide synthase activity and blood flow in the sheep brain

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Northington, Frances J ^a,b   Tobin, Joseph R ^a,c   Harris, Andrew P ^a   Traystman, Richard J ^a   Koehler, Raymond C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Nitric oxide synthase activity; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SHEEP; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0031012396     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199701000-00014     Document Type: Article

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