A calcium/calmodulin-dependent nitric oxide synthase, NMDAR2/3 receptor subunits, and glutamate in the CNS of the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis: Localization in specific neural pathways controlling the inking system

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1254-1263

  Palumbo, Anna ^a   Di Cosmo, Anna ^b   Poli, Annarita ^a   Di Cristo, Carlo ^b   D'Ischia, Marco ^b  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

CNS; Glutamate; Inking system; Nitric oxide synthase; NMDA receptors; Sepia officinalis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CYCLIC GMP; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEPHALOPOD; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CYCLIC AMP; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLLUSCA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0032817554     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0731254.x     Document Type: Article

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