S-nitrosothiol signals in the enteric nervous system: Lessons learnt from big brother

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2011, Pages

  Savidge, Tor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric glia and neurons; Enteric neuropathy; Nitric oxide; nNOS; S nitrosoglutathione; S nitrosothiol

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; S NITROSOTHIOL; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENTEROPATHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 80053930062     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00031     Document Type: Review

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