Sensory afferents and motor neurons as targets for nitric oxide in the locust

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 422, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 521-532

  Ott, Swidbert R ^a,b   Jones, Ian W ^b,c   Burrows, Malcolm ^a   Elphick, Maurice R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Insect nervous system; Mechanoreception; Nitric oxide synthase; Sensory processing; Soluble guanylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; LOCUST; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0034632176     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000710)422:4<521::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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