Nitric oxide does not mediate cerebral blood flow changes during cortical spreading depression in the anaesthetised rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-118

  Read, S J ^a   Parsons, A A ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical spreading depression; Functional hyperaemia; Migraine; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYPEREMIA; MIGRAINE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION;

EID: 0345055327     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00442-X     Document Type: Article

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