Nitric oxide signaling in the brain: Translation of dynamics into respiration control and neurovascular coupling

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1259, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-18

  Laranjinha, João ^a   Santos, Ricardo M ^a   Lourenço, Cátia F ^a   Ledo, Ana ^a   Barbosa, Rui M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brain; In vivo; Neurovascular coupling; Nitric oxide diffusion; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; CYTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL METABOLISM; DENTATE GYRUS; DIFFUSION; HALF LIFE TIME; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MICROELECTRODE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOSOME; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

EID: 84863518007     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06582.x     Document Type: Article

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