Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning reduces the incidence of decompression sickness in rats via nitric oxide

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-180

  Fan, Dan Feng ^a   Liu, Kan ^a   Xu, Wei Gang ^a   Zhang, Rong Jia ^a   Liu, Yun ^a   Kang, Zhi Min ^a   Sun, Xue Jun ^a   Li, Run Ping ^a   Tao, Heng Yi ^a   Zhang, Jian Lin ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROX; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954292871     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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