L-arginine levels in blood as a marker of nitric oxide-mediated brain damage in acute stroke: A clinical and experimental study

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 978-984

  Armengou, Arola ^a   Hurtado, Olivia ^c   Leira, Rogelio ^b   Obón, María ^a   Pascual, Carlos ^a   Moro, María A ^c   Lizasoain, Ignacio ^c   Castillo, José ^b   Dávalos, Antoni ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

1400W; Cerebral infarct; iNOS; L Arginine; Neuroprotection; Nitric oxide; Rats

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROKE;

EID: 0041568551     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WCB.0000080651.64357.C6     Document Type: Article

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