Nitric oxide modulates in vitro intrinsic optical signal and neural activity in the nucleus tractus solitarius of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-178

  Torres, José E ^a   Kreisman, Norman R ^a   Gozal, David ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Functional mapping; Nitric oxide; Nucleus of solitary tract; Optical imaging; Respiratory control

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPIKE WAVE;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030832068     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00598-3     Document Type: Article

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