Nitric oxide stimulates cGMP production and mimics synaptic responses in metacerebral neurons of Aplysia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3818-3826

  Koh, Hae Young ^a   Jacklet, Jon W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; cGMP; Cotransmitters; EPSP; Histamine; Immunoreactivity; Nitric oxide; Soluble guanylyl cyclase; Synapses

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033562869     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-10-03818.1999     Document Type: Article

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