Cerebral blood flow regulation by nitric oxide: Recent advances

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-97

  Toda, Noboru ^a,b   Ayajiki, Kazuhide ^b   Okamura, Tomio ^b  

^a Toyama Institute for Cardiovascular Pharmacology Research   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6 [2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 4 (2 HYDROXYPHENYL) 1,3 DIOXAN 5 YL] 4 HEXENOIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ARGININE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENALAPRIL; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FULVESTRANT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISOENZYME; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PIOGLITAZONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; RESVERATROL; SILDENAFIL; TROGLITAZONE;

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CELL VIABILITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; VASODILATION;

EID: 63849086007     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: 15210081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/pr.108.000547     Document Type: Review

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