Ascorbic acid antagonizes the inhibitory effect of acute ethanol on nitrite levels in the striatum of freely moving mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 352, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-186

  Yan, Pei Gang ^a   Wu, Chun Fu ^a   Huang, Mei ^a   Liu, Wen ^a   Yang, Jing Yu ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Ethanol; Nitrites; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; NITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CORPUS STRIATUM; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; NITRITES;

EID: 1642316885     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.08.063     Document Type: Article

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