Inhibition of NO synthase activity in nervous tissue leads to decreased motor activity in the rat

Physiological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 143-149

  Halcak L ^a   Pechanova O ^b   Zigova Z ^a   Klemova L ^b   Novacky M ^a   Bernatova I ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Habituation tasks; L NAME; Nervous tissue; Nitric oxide; Spontaneous behavior

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033982640     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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