Neuroprotective effect of s-methylisothiourea in transient focal cerebral ischemia in rat

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  ArunaDevi, Rathinam ^a   Ramteke, Vinod D ^a   Kumar, Saurabh ^a   Shukla, Manoj K ^a   Jaganathan, Subramani ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Sharma, Anil K ^a   Tandan, Surendra K ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Focal cerebral ischemia; Ischemia; Nitric oxide; Reperfusion injury; S methylisothiourea; Total nitrite

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; S METHYLPSEUDOTHIOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ISOTHIURONIUM; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 73149104144     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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