Short communication: Cytochemical evidence for nitric oxide/cyclic GMP signal transmission in the visual system of the locust

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 189-193

  Bicker, Gerd ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monopolar cells; NADPH diaphorase; Photoreceptor cells; Schistocerca gregaria; Soluble guanylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CYCLIC GMP; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION;

EID: 0031045355     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01366.x     Document Type: Article

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