Is there evidence that cyanide can act as a neuromodulator?

IUBMB Life

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-189

  Cipollone, Rita ^a   Visca, Paolo ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cyanide; Neuromodulator

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYANIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOTOXICITY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYANIDES; LEUKOCYTES; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 34047218787     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540600981768     Document Type: Note

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