ADMA and the brain: An unfolding story

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-

  Kielstein, Jan T ^a   Kielstein, Anousheh ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATTLE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 60549088885     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.354     Document Type: Note

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