Actions of compounds manipulating the nitric oxide system in the cat primary visual cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 504, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 467-478

  Cudeiro, Javier ^a   Rivadulla, Casto ^a   Rodríguez, Rosa ^b   Grieve, Kenneth L ^c   Martínez Conde, Susana ^b   Acuña, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ARGININE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; DIETHYLAMINE NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ASSAY; CELL POPULATION; DOWN REGULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CATS; CYCLIC GMP; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; HYDRAZINES; IONTOPHORESIS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; NITROGEN OXIDES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030669769     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.467be.x     Document Type: Article

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