Effects of nitro-L-agrinine methyl ester (L-NAME) and 7-nitroindazole (7-NI) on NADPH-diaphorase activity after cerebral ischemia

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1999, Pages 197-202

  Danielisová, Viera ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

7 NI; Cerebral ischemia; L NAME; NADPH diaphorase; NOS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345735026     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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