Nitric oxide dependence of glutamate-mediated modulation at a vertebrate neuromuscular junction

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 577-587

  Pinard, Audrée ^a   Robitaille, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frog; Glutamate; Neuromuscular transmission; Nitric oxide; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

3 BROMO 7 NITROINDAZOLE SODIUM SALT; 4 AMINO 5 METHYLAMINO 2',7' DIFLUOROFLUORESCEIN; ALPHA METHYL 4 CARBOXYPHENYLGLYCINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANS AMINOCYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IONTOPHORESIS; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RANA PIPIENS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 47849099058     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06355.x     Document Type: Article

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