Nitric oxide via cGMP-dependent mechanisms increases dye coupling and excitability of rat supraoptic nucleus neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4270-4279

  Yang, Qin Z ^a   Hatton, Glenn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

8 bromo cGMP; Gap junctions; Guanylyl cyclase inhibition; Hemoglobin; L NAME; ODQ; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP; DYE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAP JUNCTION; INTERNEURON; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033151623     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-11-04270.1999     Document Type: Article

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