The nitric oxide-cyclic GMP pathway and synaptic plasticity in the rat superior cervical ganglion

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 527-532

  Southam, Eric ^a,b   Charles, Sarah L ^a,c   Garthwaite, John ^a,d  

^a WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Long term potentiation; Nitric oxide; ODQ; Soluble guanylyl cyclase; Sympathetic ganglia

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CARBACHOL; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029810443     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15703.x     Document Type: Article

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