Sustained, long-lasting inhibition of nitric oxide synthase aggravates the neural damage in some models of excitotoxic brain injury

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-35

  Ciani, Elisabetta ^a   Baldinotti, Ivan ^a   Contestabile, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

L NAME; Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection; Nucleus basalis magnocellularis; Rat; Striatum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; IBOTENIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IBOTENIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXINS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0035443110     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(01)00589-5     Document Type: Article

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