Electrophysiological and immunocytochemical evidence for a cGMP-mediated inhibition of subfornical organ neurons by nitric oxide

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 363-371

  Rauch, Matthias ^a   Schmid, Herbert A ^a   DeVente, Jan ^b   Simon, Eckhart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

angiotensin II; drinking; electrophysiology; neuron; nitric oxide; osmoregulation; rat; sodium nitroprusside; subfornical organ; thirst

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ANGIOTENSIN; ANTIBODY; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; FORMALDEHYDE; LINSIDOMINE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUID INTAKE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN;

EID: 0031015726     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-01-00363.1997     Document Type: Article

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