Nitric oxide production by brain stem neurons is required for normal performance of eye movements in alert animals

Neuron

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 739-745

  Moreno Lopez B ^a,b   Escudero, M ^a   Delgado Garcia J M ^a   Estrada, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CAT; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030273011     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80205-6     Document Type: Article

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