Pharmacological inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase attenuates the development of seizures in mice

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-125

  Rehni, Ashish K ^a   Singh, Thakur Gurjeet ^a   Kalra, Rohit ^a   Singh, Nirmal ^b  

^a CHITKARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aminoguanidine; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENTETRAZOLE; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; GUANIDINES; MALE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PILOCARPINE; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 68149169010     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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