Publisher Summary Nitric Oxide (NO) has clearly revolutionized research about aspects of
neurotransmission and neuronal signaling. It has also radically altered studies about how
synaptic transmission takes place. NO is emerging as an important regulator of a variety of
physiological processes; however, under certain conditions of excessive formation, NO is
emerging as an important mediator of pathological nervous tissue damage. The role for NO
in the S-nitrosylation of many proteins is becoming well established. In the central nervous …