RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gases as biological messengers: nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in the brain
JF The Journal of Neuroscience
JO J. Neurosci.
FD Society for Neuroscience
SP 5147
OP 5159
DO 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.14-09-05147.1994
VO 14
IS 9
A1 Dawson, TM
A1 Snyder, SH
YR 1994
UL http://www.jneurosci.org/content/14/9/5147.abstract
AB In a remarkably brief period of time, NO and CO have been recognized as putative neurotransmitters. These two novel messenger molecules have greatly expanded the criteria for candidacy of a chemical for the status of neurotransmitter and our notions about how synaptic transmission takes place. The involvement of NO and CO in several important aspects of neuronal function suggests that agents affecting the synthesis, transactions, and disposition of these gases are bound to have clinical relevance.