Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and a substrate, L-arginine, on the cardiac function of juvenile salmonid fish

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-144

  Eddy, F B ^a   Tibbs, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart rate; L arginine; L NAME; L NMMA; Nitric oxide; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Salmo trutta L; Trout

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BROWN TROUT; DIFFUSION; FISH; HEART BEAT; HEART FUNCTION; JUVENILE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONID; SYNTHESIS; TACHYCARDIA; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0038160749     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(03)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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