Effects of N-nitro L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a potent nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, on visual evoked potentials of rats exposed to different experimental stress models

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-316

  Yargicoglu P ^a   Yaras N ^a   Agar A ^a   Gumuslu S ^a   Abidin, I ^a   Bilmen, S ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lipid peroxidation; N nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide; Stress; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHRONICITY; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COLD; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IMMOBILIZATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; RATS; RETINA; STRESS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 1542344880     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6772.2003.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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