Possible release of nitric oxide from cholinergic axons in the thalamus by stimulation of the rat laterodorsal tegmental nucleus as measured with voltammetry

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 203-207

  Miyazaki, Makoto ^a   Kayama, Yukihiko ^a   Kihara, Tsuyoshi ^b   Kawasaki, Kazuo ^b   Yamaguchi, Eiichi ^b   Wada, Yuji ^b   Ikeda, Masato ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal release; Cholinergic neuron; Lateral geniculate nucleus; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029889393     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00136-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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