Inhibition of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase potentiates homocysteine thiolactone- induced seizures in adult rats

Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-64

  Hrnčić, Dragan ^a   Rašić Marković, Aleksandra ^a   Krstić, Danijela ^a   Macut, Djuro ^b   Šušić, Veselinka ^c   Djuric, Dragan ^a   Stanojlović, Olivera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

7 nitroindazole; D,L homocysteine thiolactone; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Rats; Seizures

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HOMOCYSTEINE; INDAZOLES; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 84858212380     PISSN: 15734064     EISSN: 18756638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340612799278577     Document Type: Article

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