Effect of a selective inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor on intraocular nitric oxide production in endotoxin-induced uveitis rabbits: In vivo intraocular microdialysis study

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 485-491

  Kamata, Kentaroh ^a   Inazu, Masato ^a   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a   Goto, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumiya, Teruhiko ^a   Usui, Masahiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endotoxin induced uveitis; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Microdialysis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

1,4 PHENYLENE BIS(1,2 ETHANEDIYL)BISISOTHIOUREA; ENDOTOXIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; DIALYSATE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; INTRAOCULAR MICRODIALYSIS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; UVEITIS;

EID: 0037963152     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-6618(03)00057-4     Document Type: Article

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