The role of nitric oxide in motoneuron spike activity and muscarinic-evoked changes in cGMP in the CNS of larval Manduca sexta

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 539-550

  Qazi, S ^a   Trimmer, B A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CGMP; Insects; Neurons; Nitric oxide; Spiking

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXOTREMORINE; OXOTREMORINE M;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; LARVA; MALE; MANDUCA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXOTREMORINE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LETHRINIDAE; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0033384802     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050414     Document Type: Article

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