Modulation of sensory and excitatory amino acid responses by nitric oxide donors and glutathione in the ventrobasal thalamus of the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1507-1513

  Shaw, P J ^a   Salt, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMPA; NMDA; S nitrosoglutathione; SIN 1; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LINSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MOLSIDOMINE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; SENSATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030814447     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01505.x     Document Type: Article

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