Two's company, three's a crowd: Can H2S be the third endogenous gaseous transmitter?

FASEB Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1792-1798

  Wang, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Cardiovascular system; Gasotransmitter; Neuron; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS TRANSPORT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAMMAL CELL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; GASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036845556     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0211hyp     Document Type: Review

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