Role of nitric oxide in traumatic brain injury in the rat

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 807-818

  Wada, Kojiro ^b   Chatzipanteli, Katina ^b   Busto, Raul ^b   Dietrich, W Dalton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fluid percussion brain injury; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide inhibitor; Nitric oxide synthase; Rat

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ARGININE; LINSIDOMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031732993     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.5.0807     Document Type: Article

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