Long-term depression in rat cerebellum requires both NO synthase and NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2209-2212

  Boxall, Andrew R ^a   Garthwaite, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Glutamate; Parallel fibre; Purkinje cell; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXADIAZOLES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0029906472     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb00743.x     Document Type: Article

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