Lack of evidence that inducible nitric oxide synthase participates in the development of ischemic brain damage

Folia Pharmacologica Japonica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-53

  Nagafuji, Toshiaki ^a   Suzuki, Masayuki ^a   Hosoi, Yohsuke ^a  

^a CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS); Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS); Middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; STROKE;

EID: 0031893782     PISSN: 00155691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/fpj.111.45     Document Type: Review

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