Effects of tetramethylpyrazine on nitric oxide synthase activity and calcium ion concentre lion of skeletal muscle in hindlimb unloading rats

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 92, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 2075-2077

  Wu, Xue ^a   Gao, Yun Fang ^a   Zhao, Xue Hong ^b   Cui, Ji Hong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calcium ion; Disuse atrophy; Nitric oxide synthase; Tetramethylpyrazine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PYRAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84869203055     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2012.29.016     Document Type: Article

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