Table 1.

Exogenous NO donors are able to elicit an incomplete feeding responsea

ContrSIN-1 (10 μm)SNP (20 μm)NOsol (30 μm)dbt2-cGMP (100 μm)
Alone+++
OxyHb (10 μm)1-b
l-NAME (100 μm)+++
  • F1-a  The incomplete feeding response is represented by tentacle curlings identical to those elicited by GSH, but no mouth opening.

  • F1-b  Oxyhemoglobin (OxyHb), a trapping agent for NO, is coincubated with NO donors 30 min before treatments.