Nitric oxide synthesis is blocked in the enternal nervous system during dormant periods of the snail Helix lucorum

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 316, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-262

  Röszer, Tamás ^a   Czimmerer, Zsolt ^a   Jozsef Szentmiklosi A ^b   Bánfalvi, Gáspár ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Estivation; Helix lucorum L. (Mollusca); Hibernation; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; GASTROPOD; HELIX LUCORUM; HIBERNATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM MOTILITY; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HELIX (SNAILS); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NITROARGININE;

GASTROPODA; HELIX LUCORUM; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 2442660388     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-0870-1     Document Type: Article

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