Sodium nitrite as a therapeutic agent for central nervous system diseases

Surg Neurol. 2006 Jul;66(1):5-7; discussion 8-10. doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.10.017.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / drug effects
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / physiology
  • Brain Diseases / drug therapy
  • Brain Diseases / metabolism
  • Brain Diseases / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Arteries / drug effects*
  • Cerebral Arteries / metabolism
  • Cerebral Arteries / physiopathology
  • Hemoglobins / chemistry
  • Hemoglobins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Nitric Oxide Donors / metabolism
  • Nitric Oxide Donors / pharmacokinetics
  • Nitric Oxide Donors / therapeutic use
  • Sodium Nitrite / metabolism
  • Sodium Nitrite / pharmacokinetics
  • Sodium Nitrite / therapeutic use*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / metabolism
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / physiopathology
  • Vasodilator Agents / metabolism
  • Vasodilator Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Vasodilator Agents / therapeutic use
  • Vasospasm, Intracranial / drug therapy*
  • Vasospasm, Intracranial / physiopathology
  • Vasospasm, Intracranial / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Nitric Oxide Donors
  • Vasodilator Agents
  • Nitric Oxide
  • deoxyhemoglobin
  • Sodium Nitrite