The influence of nitric oxide on perigeniculate GABAergic cell activity in the anaesthetized cat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2459-2466

  Rivadulla, C ^b   Rodriguez, R ^a   Martinez Conde, S ^a   Acuna C ^a   Cudeiro, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corticofugal; Neuromodulation; Parabrachial; PGN; Sleep wake cycle; Spindle waves; Visual system

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ARGININE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; QUISQUALIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; CATS; CYCLOLEUCINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENICULATE BODIES; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PENICILLAMINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUISQUALIC ACID; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE;

EID: 0030475923     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01540.x     Document Type: Article

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