Nitric oxide selectively enhances cAMP levels and electrical coupling between identified RPaD2/VD1 neurons in the CNS of Lymnaea stagnalis (L.)

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 229-233

  Sidorov, A V ^a   Kazakevich, V B ^a   Moroz, Leonid L ^a,b  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; cAMP; Electrical synapses; Lymnaea; Molluscs; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; LYMNAEA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYCLIC AMP; LYMNAEA; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0032702138     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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