Sodium nitroprusside inhibits the tyrosine hydroxylase activity of the median eminence in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 133-136

  Gonzalez M C ^a   Llorente, E ^a   Abreu, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Nitric oxide; Prolactin; Sodium nitroprusside; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROLACTIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KINETICS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 19244371246     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00663-6     Document Type: Article

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