Effects of moderate, central fluid percussion traumatic brain injury on nitric oxide synthase activity in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 627-633

  Alagarsamy, Sudarkodi ^a,c   Dewitt, Douglas S ^b   Johnson, Kenneth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Calcium; Cerebral blood flow; Cortex; Fluid percussion; Glutamate

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0031659479     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1998.15.627     Document Type: Article

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