Sodium nitrite as a therapeutic agent for central nervous system diseases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-7

  Pluta, Ryszard M ^a   Oldfield, Edward H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; OXYGEN RADICAL; SODIUM NITRITE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTERY; BLOOD; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NITROSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PH; RADIOSENSITIZATION; REDUCTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; SODIUM NITRITE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 33745192595     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.10.017     Document Type: Editorial

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