"Nitroarginine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An inhibitor of nitric oxide synthetase which has been shown to prevent glutamate toxicity. Nitroarginine has been experimentally tested for its ability to prevent ammonia toxicity and ammonia-induced alterations in brain energy and ammonia metabolites. (Neurochem Res 1995:200(4):451-6)
| Descriptor ID |
D019335
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.068.050.587 D12.125.095.104.587
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| Concept/Terms |
Nitroarginine- Nitroarginine
- NOARG
- omega-Nitroarginine
- omega Nitroarginine
- NO2Arg
- NG-Nitro-L-Arginine
- NG Nitro L Arginine
- N(omega)-Nitroarginine
- NG-Nitroarginine
- NG Nitroarginine
- N(G)-Nitroarginine
- N omega-Nitro-L-Arginine
- N omega Nitro L Arginine
- omega-Nitro-L-Arginine, N
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nitroarginine" by people in Profiles.
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Chronic rapamycin restores brain vascular integrity and function through NO synthase activation and improves memory in symptomatic mice modeling Alzheimer's disease. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2013 Sep; 33(9):1412-21.
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Somatostatin-induced gastric protection against ethanol: involvement of nitric oxide and effects on gastric mucosal blood flow. Regul Pept. 2003 Jan 31; 110(2):107-13.
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Increased myogenic tone in skeletal muscle arterioles of diabetic rats. Possible role of increased activity of smooth muscle Ca2+ channels and protein kinase C. Cardiovasc Res. 1999 Sep; 43(4):1018-28.