Publication Date:
1994-02-18
Description:
L-Glutamate and norepinephrine are examples of a major excitatory neurotransmitter and a neuromodulator in the cerebral cortex, respectively. Little is known of how chemical signaling between the anatomically distinct chemical pathways occurs. Specific activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) class of glutamate receptor in synaptosomal preparations from guinea pig cerebral cortex caused release of both of these chemicals, and this release was blocked by agents that inhibit nitric oxide (NO) production or remove NO from the extracellular space. Furthermore, neurotransmitter release correlated with cortical NO production after NMDA receptor stimulation. These results suggest that NO production and its extracellular movement may be links in the pathway from NMDA receptor activation to changes in chemical signaling in surrounding synaptic terminals in the cerebral cortex.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Montague, P R -- Gancayco, C D -- Winn, M J -- Marchase, R B -- Friedlander, M J -- EY05116/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- EY06714/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Feb 18;263(5149):973-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Neurobiology Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-0021.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7508638" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Oxidoreductases/antagonists & inhibitors
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Animals
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Arginine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology
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Cerebral Cortex/drug effects/*metabolism
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Glutamates/*metabolism
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Glutamic Acid
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Guinea Pigs
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In Vitro Techniques
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Indazoles/pharmacology
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Male
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N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology
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Nitric Oxide/*metabolism
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Nitric Oxide Synthase
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Nitroarginine
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Norepinephrine/*metabolism
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Potassium Chloride/pharmacology
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Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*metabolism
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Synaptosomes/drug effects/*metabolism
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omega-N-Methylarginine
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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