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Nitric oxide is not increased in alcoholic brain
Alcohol and Alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
|November 28, 1997
Abstract:
Nitric oxide (NO) metabolites nitrite and nitrate were measured in the cerebrospinal fluid in 12 alcohol-dependent subjects and in 16 healthy controls. The amounts of NO metabolites in alcoholics were not different from those in the controls. The results suggest that NO is not a major factor responsible for brain damage in these patients.