The effects of nitric oxide on magnocellular neurons could involve multiple indirect cyclic GMP-dependent pathways

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-466

  Vacher, Claire Marie ^a,b   Hardin Pouzet, H ^b   Steinbusch, H W M ^a   Calas, A ^b   De Vente, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brain slices; cGMP; Immunohistochemistry; Nitric oxide; Paraventricular nucleus; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); ARGIPRESSIN; CYCLIC GMP; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOENZYME; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; OXYTOCIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GIANT NERVE CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNTHESIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CYCLIC GMP; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SEROTONIN; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037327643     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02467.x     Document Type: Article

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