Nitric oxide is involved in the expression of neocortical spike-and-wave spindling episodes in DBA/2J mice

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1115-1119

  Capasso, Anna ^a   Bianchi, A ^a   Loizzo, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DEXTRO ARGININE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) NITRO DEXTRO ARGININE METHYL ESTER; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCITABILITY; HEAD MOVEMENT; LICKING; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; SNIFFING; SPIKE WAVE; STEREOTYPY; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 0042526061     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/002235703322277140     Document Type: Article

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