Nitric oxide synthase in the brain of a teleost

The presence and distribution of the nitric oxide (NO) converting enzyme, NO synthase (NOS), was investigated in the brain of a teleost, the Atlantic salmon. Both NOS immunoreactive and NADPH diaphorase positive, non-neuronal and neuronal cell bodies, fibers and putative nerve terminals were identif...

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Published in:Neuroscience Letters
Main Authors: Holmqvist, Bo I., Östholm, Thomas, Alm, Per, Ekström, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1994
Subjects:
Neurosciences
Central nervous system
CSF-contacting system
Fish
Glia
Hypophysiotrophic
Neuron
Visual system
Atlantic salmon
Online Access:https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/e6a10e43-180b-477b-91a1-df9edabdd52b
https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3940(94)90640-8
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Summary:The presence and distribution of the nitric oxide (NO) converting enzyme, NO synthase (NOS), was investigated in the brain of a teleost, the Atlantic salmon. Both NOS immunoreactive and NADPH diaphorase positive, non-neuronal and neuronal cell bodies, fibers and putative nerve terminals were identified throughout the brain. Even so, the staining was not identical in all regions. NO, synthesized by NOS-like enzymes, may play an important role in a diversity of cellular mechanisms in the brain of the salmon, including in neural systems related to olfactory, visual, hypophysiotrophic, viscero-sensoric and motor functions.

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