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...
Published in: | Neuroscience Letters |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1994
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Online Access: | https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/e6a10e43-180b-477b-91a1-df9edabdd52b https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3940(94)90640-8 |
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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