Nitric oxide is formed in a subpopulation of rat pineal cells and acts as an intercellular messenger

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-63

  Spessert, Rainer ^a   Layes, Elisabeth ^a   Hill, Gabriele ^a   Vollrath, Lutz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cyclic GMP; Nitric oxide; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CELL ENZYME; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031835188     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054350     Document Type: Article

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