Anticonvulsant effects of 7‐nitroindazole in rodents with reflex epilepsy may result from L‐arginine accumulation or a reduction in nitric oxide or L‐citrulline formation

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  1996

• Venue

  British Journal of Pharmacology

• Publication date

  1996-09-01

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  Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15690.xPMID 8872370PMCID PMC1915743
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