Nitric oxide-mediated mucus hypersecretion protects the stomach of ovariectomized rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages

  Morschl, Éva ^a   Bretus, Ildikó ^a   Pávó, Imre ^a   Topa, Lajos ^b   Weiszhar, Zsóka ^c   László, Ferenc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b St Imre Univ Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Gastric mucus; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; CITRULLINE; INDOMETACIN; MERCAPTAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RAT; STOMACH MUCUS; STOMACH ULCER; ULCEROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; MUCUS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034708755     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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