Age-dependent regulation of seizure activity by nitric oxide in the developing rat

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-319

  Pereira De Vasconcelos, Anne ^a   Marescaux, Christian ^a   Nehlig, Astrid ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Development; L arginine; N(G) nitro L arginine; Nitric oxide; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344074586     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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