Enhancement of rostral ventrolateral medulla neuronal nitric-oxide synthase - Nitric-oxide signaling mediates the central cannabinoid receptor 1-evoked pressor response in conscious rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 341, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 579-586

  Ibrahim, Badr Mostafa ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; N(G) PROPYLARGININE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA;

ANIMALS; BENZOXAZINES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HEART RATE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861553398     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.112.192369     Document Type: Article

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