Neurotoxic and n euro protective roles of Nitric oxide in cerebral ischaemia

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn , Issue 40, 1996, Pages 319-336

  Dalkara, Turgay ^b   Moskowitz, Michael A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 33845197061     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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