Gender-related differences in the effects of nitric oxide donors on neuroleptic-induced catalepsy in mice

It has been suggested that nigrostriatal dopaminergic transmission is modulated by nitric oxide (NO). Since there is evidence that gonadal hormones can affect extrapyramidal motor behavior in mammals, we investigated the effects of isosorbide dinitrate (ISD), linsidomine (SIN-1) and S-nitroso-N-acet...

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Main Authors: J.G.P. Pires, P.G. Costa, F.P. Saraiva, V. Bonikovski, H.A. Futuro Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2003-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003000200012