Nitric oxide synthase inhibition by L-NAME during repetitive focal cerebral ischemia in rabbits

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 2 40-2, 1996, Pages

  Anderson, Robert E ^a   Meyer, Fredric B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

intermittent focal cerebral ischemia; intracellular pH; NAD NADH

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL PH; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION;

EID: 33750703226     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.2.h588     Document Type: Article

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