NADPH diaphorase activity in mammalian retinas is modulated by the state of visual adaptation

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 863-871

  Zemel, Esther ^b   Eyal, Orly ^b   Lei, Bo ^b   Perlman, Ido ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Horizontal cells; M ller cells; NADPH diaphorase; Rabbit; Rat; Retina; Visual adaptation

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; INJECTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; RETINA; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RABBITS; RATS; RETINA;

EID: 0030229148     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800009111     Document Type: Article

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