Is nitric oxide a hormone?

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 59-65

  Ghasemi, Asghar ^a   Zahediasl, Saleh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Hormone; Nitrate; Nitric oxide (NO); Nitrite

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART FAILURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPOLYSIS; MEMORY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTECTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEADY STATE; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNTHESIS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYROID DISEASE;

HORMONES; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 82555188421     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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