Nitrous oxide promotes hyperhomocysteinemia in levodopa treated rats

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 524-527

  Henninger, Nils ^a   Wang, Qi ^b   Okun, Jürgen G ^b   Schwab, Stefan ^c   Krause, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

COMT inhibitor; Folate; Homocysteine; Levodopa; Movement disorder; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

DRESAFOL; ENTACAPONE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LEVODOPA; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATECHOLS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LEVODOPA; MALE; NITRILES; NITROUS OXIDE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 34548330555     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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