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Science 18 February 1994:
Vol. 263. no. 5149, pp. 973 - 977
DOI: 10.1126/science.7508638
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Science, Vol 263, Issue 5149, 973-977
Copyright © 1994 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Role of NO production in NMDA receptor-mediated neurotransmitter release in cerebral cortex

PR Montague, CD Gancayco, MJ Winn, RB Marchase, and MJ Friedlander

Neurobiology Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-0021.

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.


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