Nitric oxide and excitatory postsynaptic currents in immature rat sympathetic preganglionic neurons in vitro

Neuroscience

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 237-245

  Wu, S Y ^a   Dun, S L ^a   Forstermann U ^b   Dun, N J ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Glutamate; L arginine; Nitric oxide synthase; Presynaptic mechanism; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HEMOGLOBINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030994245     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00612-4     Document Type: Article

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