Involvement of the nitric oxide/cyclic guanylate monophosphate pathway in the pilocarpine-induced seizure model in mice

Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 131-134

  Rios, Emiliano Ricardo Vasconcelos ^a   Rocha, Nayrton Flávio Moura ^a   Carvalho, Alyne Mara Rodrigues ^a   Vasconcelos, Leonardo Freire ^a   Dias, Marília Leite ^a   De Carvalho Lima, Camila Nayane ^a   Lopes, Kamila Soares ^b   Melo, Francisca Helvira Cavalcante ^a   De França Fonteles, Marta Maria ^a,b  

^a CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNICHRISTUS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Guanylyl cyclase; Nitric oxide; Pilocarpine; Seizures

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGININE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N [3 (AMINOMETHYL)BENZYL]ACETAMIDINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL SEIZURE; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84873049460     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: 14230313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346268     Document Type: Article

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