Evidence that Brain Nitric Oxide Synthase is the Major Nitric Oxide Synthase Isoform in the Hypothalamus of the Adult Female Rat and that Nitric Oxide Potently Regulates Hypothalamic cGMP Levels

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-102

  Bhat, Ganapathy ^a   Mahesh, Virendra B ^a   Aguan, Kripamoy ^a   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEMOGLOBIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030016419     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127104     Document Type: Article

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