nNOS is involved in behavioral thermoregulation of newborn rats during hypoxia

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 681-686

  Pereira, Diego H S ^a   Branco, Luiz G S ^b   Cárnio, Evelin C ^a   Barros, Renata C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirao Preto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Cold; Nitric oxide; Rat pups; Regulated hypothermia

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITRO DEXTRO ARGININE METHYL ESTER; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; S METHYLTHIOCITRULLINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCULATION; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 33845428910     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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