L-arginine-NO pathway and CNS oxygen toxicity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1633-1638

  Bitterman, Noemi ^a,c   Bitterman, Haim ^b,c  

^a ISRAEL NAVAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

7 nitroindazole; Arginine; Central nervous system; Hypercapnia; Hyperoxia; N( ) nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide donors; S nitroso N acetylpenicillamine

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HYPEROXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0031969664     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.5.1633     Document Type: Article

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