Stimulation with N-methyl-D-aspartate or kainic acid increases cyclic guanosine monophosphate-like immunoreactivity in turtle retina: Involvement of nitric oxide synthase

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-85

  Blute, Todd A ^a   De Grenier, Jennifer ^a   Eldred, William D ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Enzyme linked immunosorbant assay; Immunocytochemistry; Inner plexiform layer; Soluble guanylate cyclase

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; CYCLIC GMP; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DARK ADAPTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAINIC ACID; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TURTLES;

EID: 0033080796     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990201)404:1<75::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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