Catalepsy and hypolocomotion induced by a nitric oxide donor: Attenuation by theophylline

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 432, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-33

  Dall'Igna, Oscar P ^a   Dietrich, Marcelo O ^a   Hoffmann, Anselmo ^a   Neto, Waldemar ^a   Vendite, Deusa ^a   Souza, Diogo O ^a   Lara, Diogo R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Catalepsy; Locomotion; Nitric oxide (NO); Sodium nitroprusside; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

8 CYCLOPENTYLTHEOPHYLLINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CATALEPSY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATALEPSY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; THEOPHYLLINE; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0035976819     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)01457-1     Document Type: Article

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