Neuronal NOS-derived NO plays permissive role in cerebral blood flow response to hypercapnia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Okamoto, Hirotsugu ^a   Hudetz, Antal G ^a   Roman, Richard J ^a   Bosnjak, Zeljko J ^a   Kampine, John P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

7 nitroindazole; carbon dioxide; laser Doppler flowmetry; rat

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPERCAPNIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031034222     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.1.h559     Document Type: Article

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