Nitric oxide as a neurotransmitter in peripheral nerves: Nature of transmitter and mechanism of transmission

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue , 1995, Pages 659-682

  Rand, M J ^a   Li, C G ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

guanylate cyclase; L arginine; nitrergic nerves; nitric oxide synthase; nonadrenergic noncholinergic nerves

Indexed keywords

6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; ARGININE; CATALASE; CYSTEINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; S NITROSOCOENZYME A; S NITROSOCYSTEINE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; S NITROSOTHIOL DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZAPRINAST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0028915434     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ph.57.030195.003303     Document Type: Review

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