Suppression of somatosensory evoked potentials by nitric oxide synthase inhibition in rats: Methodological differences

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-174

  Ngai, Al C ^a   Meno, Joseph R ^a   Jolley, Matthew A ^a   Winn, H Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral circulation; Sciatic nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0032502628     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00213-4     Document Type: Article

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