Central nNOS is involved in restraint stress-induced fever: Evidence for a cGMP pathway

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Sanches, Daniela B ^a   Carnio, Evelin C ^a   Branco, Luiz G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Psychological stress; Rp guanosine 3 ,5 cyclic monophosphothioate triethylamine; S methyl L thiocitrulline; Sodium nitroprusside; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC GUANOSINE 3',5' MONOPHOSPHOTHIOATE TRIETHYLAMINE; METHYL THIOCITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEVER; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

EID: 0141956541     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00230-0     Document Type: Article

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