l-Citrulline improves cerebral blood flow in migraine model rats

We have previously reported that intravenous injection of l-citrulline, an α-amino acid isolated from watermelon juice, prevented the decrease in cerebral blood flow (CBF) during cortical spreading depression (CSD) in rats, a widely accepted animal model of migraine aura. However it is not clear whe...

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Main Authors: Yuki Kurauchi, Koichi Mokudai, Masahiko Morita, Ayako Kamimura, Asami Mori, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsutomu Nakahara, Kunio Ishii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464617305789

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