Nitrite and nitrate levels in individual molluscan neurons: Single-cell capillary electrophoresis analysis

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-115

  Cruz, LouAnn ^a   Moroz, Leonid L ^b   Gillette, Rhanor ^b   Sweedler, Jonathan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Feeding; Hem olymph; Invertebrates; Lymnaea; Mollusca; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Pleurobranchaea

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLLUSC; NERVE CELL; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; MOLLUSCA; PLEUROBRANCHAEA; PLEUROBRANCHAEA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0030968254     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69010110.x     Document Type: Article

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