Interleukin-6 increases the levels of cyclic GMP and nitrite in rat hippocampal slices

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 321, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-347

  Ma, Tiancai ^a   Zhu, Xingzu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

cGMP; Hippocampus; Interleukin 6; N(G) Nitro L arginine; Nitric oxide (NO); Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; INTERLEUKIN 6; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; NITROARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031049113     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00955-7     Document Type: Article

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