Nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate signaling in the central complex of the grasshopper brain inhibits singing behavior

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 488, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-139

  Wenzel, Beate ^a   Kunst, Michael ^a   Günther, Cornelia ^a   Ganter, Geoffrey K ^b   Lakes Harlan, Reinhard ^c   Elsner, Norbert ^a   Heinrich, Ralf ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Institute of Zoology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Control of behavior; Grasshopper brain; Nitric oxide signalling; Second messenger pathways

Indexed keywords

1 BENZYL 3 (5 HYDROXYMETHYL 2 FURYL)INDAZOLE; 1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DERIVATIVE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; ZAPRINAST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COURTSHIP; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPOSURE; GRASSHOPPER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGING; SOUND;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDAZOLES; MALE; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPHENOLS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 20544434173     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20600     Document Type: Article

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