Van Leeuwen R, De Vries R, Dzoljic M R
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Eur J Pharmacol. 1995 Dec 12;287(2):211-3. doi: 10.1016/0014-2999(95)00678-8.
7-Nitro indazole (25-100 mg/kg i.p.), an inhibitor of neuronal nitric oxide (NO) synthase, attenuated the severity of pilocarpine (300 mg/kg i.p.)-induced seizures in mice. This indicates that the decreased neuroexcitability of the central nervous system (CNS) following administration of 7-nitro indazole may be due to inhibition of neuronal NO synthase, implying that NO acts as an excitatory and proconvulsant factor in the CNS.