• closedAccess   Effects of total dietary polyphenols on plasma nitric oxide and blood pressure in a high cardiovascular risk cohort. The PREDIMED randomized trial 

      Medina Remón, A.; Tresserra-Rimbau, Anna; Pons, A.; Tur, Josep; Martorell, M.; Ros, E.; Buil-Cosiales, Pilar; Sacanella, E.; Covas Planells, María Isabel; Corella, Dolores; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi; Gómez Gracia, Enrique; Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Valentina; Ortega-Calvo, Manuel; García Valdueza, M.; Arós, Fernando; Saez, G.T.; Serra-Majem, Lluis; Pintó, Xavier; Vinyoles, E.; Estruch, Ramon; Lamuela Raventós, Rosa María Elsevier (2015)
      Background and aim: Hypertension is one of the main cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly. The aims of this work were to evaluate if a one-year intervention with two Mediterranean diets (Med-diet) could decrease ...
    • closedAccess   Glutamine synthetase activity and glutamine content in brain: modulation by NMDA receptors and nitric oxide 

      Kosenko, Elena; Llansola, Marta; Montoliu, Carmina; Monfort, Pilar; Rodrigo, Regina; Hernández Viadel, Mariluz; Erceg, Slaven; Sánchez-Pérez, Ana María; Felipo, Vicente Elsevier (2003-09)
      Acute intoxication with large doses of ammonia leads to rapid death. The main mechanism for ammonia elimination in brain is its reaction with glutamate to form glutamine. This reaction is catalyzed by glutamine synthetase ...
    • openAccess   Implications of glial nitric oxide in neurodegenerative diseases 

      Yuste Jiménez, José Enrique; Tarragon Cros, Ernesto; Campuzano Brando, Carmen María; Ros Bernal, Francisco Frontiers Media (2015)
      Nitric oxide (NO) is a pleiotropic janus-faced molecule synthesized by nitric oxide synthases (NOS) which plays a critical role in a number of physiological and pathological processes in humans. The physiological roles of ...