Intracellular polyamine levels are involved in NMDA-evoked nitric oxide production in chick retina cells

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1744-1749

  Ientile, Riccardo ^a   Pedale, Santa ^a   Ginoprelli, Tiziana ^a   Cannavò, Letterio ^a   Macaione, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chick retina; Cyclic GMP; Nitric oxide; NMDA; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYAMINE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHICKEN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CITRULLINE; CYCLIC GMP; EFLORNITHINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLYCINE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYAMINES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINA; SPERMIDINE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033054707     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.721744.x     Document Type: Article

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