The role of nitric oxide in the protective effect of insulin against pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice

Neuroscience Research Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-91

  Ulugol, Ahmet ^a   Arikan, Ender ^a   Dost, Turhan ^a   Dokmeci, Dikmen ^a   Karadag, Hakan C ^a   Dokmeci, Ismet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Insulin; L NAME; Nitric oxide; Pentylenetetrazole

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; INSULIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034063175     PISSN: 08936609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6769(200003/04)26:2<87::AID-NRC3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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