Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor on cochlear blood flow

Hearing Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 32-42

  Hoshijima, Hideaki ^a   Makimoto, Kazuo ^a   Noi, Osamu ^a   Ohinata, Yoshimitsu ^a   Takenaka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cochlear blood flow; Cutaneous blood flow; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; L Arginine; N Nitro L arginine methyl ester; Spiral ligament; Spiral modiolar artery

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATION; COCHLEA BLOOD FLOW; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMORAL ARTERY; GUINEA PIG; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COCHLEA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SKIN;

EID: 0036768581     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(02)00328-3     Document Type: Article

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