Increase in NADPH-diaphorase-positive and neuronal NO synthase immunoreactive neurons in the rat spinal trigeminal nucleus following infusion of a NO donor - Evidence for a feed-forward process in NO production involved in trigeminal nociception

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 566-579

  Schlechtweg, P M ^a   Roder J ^a   Fischer, M J M ^a   Neuhuber, W ^a   Messlinger, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Headache; Immunofluorescence; Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside; Trigeminal brainstem

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITROPRUSSIDE; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

EID: 63849224165     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01791.x     Document Type: Article

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