Nitric oxide: A modulator, but not a mediator, of neurovascular coupling in rat somatosensory cortex

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 2 46-2, 1999, Pages

  Lindauer, Ute ^a   Megow, Dirk ^a   Matsuda, Hiroshi ^a   Dirnagl, Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral circulation; Guanylyl cyclase; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Nitric oxide synthase inhibition; Vasomotion; Whisker stimulation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032872703     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.2.h799     Document Type: Article

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