Enhanced fidelity of diffusive nitric oxide signalling by the spatial segregation of source and target neurones in the memory centre of an insect brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-190

  Ott, Swidbert R ^a,c   Philippides, Andrew ^b   Elphick, Maurice R ^a   O'Shea, Michael ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 ,5 cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cyclic GMP); Learning and memory; Locust (Schistocerca gregaria); Mushroom body; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; LEARNING; LOCUST; MALE; MEMORY; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSHROOM BODIES; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33846258727     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05271.x     Document Type: Article

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