Nitric oxide involves in carnosine-induced hyperactivity in chicks

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 524, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 84-88

  Tomonaga, Shozo ^a   Tachibana, Tetsuya ^a   Takahashi, Hirokazu ^a   Sato, Momoka ^a   Denbow, Donald Michael ^b   Furuse, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnosine; Chick; Hyperactivity; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CARNOSINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; N6 (1 IMINOETHYL)LYSINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARNOSINE; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERKINESIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LYSINE; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III;

EID: 27744549630     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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