Nitric oxide amplifies the rat electroretinogram

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 700-709

  Vielma, Alex ^a   Delgado, Luz ^a   Elgueta, Claudio ^a   Osorio, Rodrigo ^a   Palacios, Adrián G ^a   Schmachtenberg, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; Electroretinogram; Eye; Guanylyl cyclase; Nitrosation; Nitrosylation; NO synthase; Photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; 2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; 2-AMINO-4-PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

A WAVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CELL ISOLATION; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NIGHT VISION; NITROSATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RAT; RETINA CONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROSATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78049520784     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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