Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors L-NAME and 7-nitroindazole protect rat hippocampus against kainate-induced excitotoxicity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 75-78

  Jones, P A ^a   Smith, R A ^b   Stone, T W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7 Nitroindazole; Excitotoxicity; Hippocampus; Kainate; N(G) nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; KAINIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KAINIC ACID; NEUROTOXINS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032547047     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00372-3     Document Type: Article

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