Effect of intracerebralventricular injection of nitric oxide donor and nitric oxide synthase inhibitor on the spontaneous discharge of magnocellular neurons of paraventricular nucleus in the rat

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-33

  Ji, Ya Ping ^a   Mei, Jun ^a  

^a XI'AN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; NONHUMAN; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034019120     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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