Nitric oxide modulates the firing rate of the rat supraoptic magnocellular neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-365

  Ventura, R R ^a   Aguiar, J F ^a   Antunes Rodrigues, J ^a   Varanda, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

firing rate; hyperpolarizing after potential; nitric oxide; patch clamp; supraoptic neurons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PICROTOXIN; SACLOFEN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GIANT CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNTHESIS; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, INBRED WF; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 49349093399     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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