Effects of chronic L-NAME treatment on rat focal cerebral ischemia and cerebral vasoreactivity

Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2203-2216

  Sercombe, Richard ^a   Issertial, Odile ^a   Seylaz, Jacques ^a   Pinard, Elisabeth ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Focal cerebral ischemia; Hypertension; Infarction; Middle cerebral artery; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PAPAVERINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0035964786     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01292-9     Document Type: Article

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