Nitric oxide synthases: roles, tolls, and controls

C Nathan, Q Xie - Cell, 1994 - cell.com
Rab proteins are generally required for transport vesicle docking. We have exploited yeast
secretion mutants to demonstrate that a rab protein is required for v-SNAREs and t-SNAREs …

The nitric oxide system in insects

ULI Müller - Progress in neurobiology, 1997 - Elsevier
It is well established that nitric oxide (NO) acts as a signalling molecule in the nervous
system of both mammals and insects. In contrast to classical transmitters, the membrane …

Structural organization of the human neuronal nitric oxide synthase gene (NOS1)

AV Hall, H Antoniou, Y Wang, AH Cheung… - Journal of Biological …, 1994 - ASBMB
Neuronal nitric oxide (NO) synthase, localized to human chromosome 12, uniquely
participates in diverse biologic processes; neurotransmission, the regulation of body fluid …

Molecular and biochemical characterization of dNOS: a Drosophila Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent nitric oxide synthase.

M Regulski, T Tully - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 1995 - National Acad Sciences
Nitric oxide (NO) is an intercellular messenger involved with various aspects of mammalian
physiology ranging from vasodilation and macrophage cytotoxicity to neuronal transmission …

Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase impairs a distinct form of long-term memory in the honeybee, Apis mellifera

U Müller - Neuron, 1996 - cell.com
Nitric oxide has been shown to be implicated in neural plasticity that underlies processes of
learning and memory. In the honeybee, studies on the role of nitric oxide in associative …

Insect neurotransmission: neurotransmitters and their receptors

RH Osborne - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 1996 - Elsevier
The roles of acetylcholine, dopamine, octopamine, tyramine, 5-hydroxytryptamine,
histamine, glutamate, 4-aminobutanoic acid (γ-aminobutyric acid) and a range of peptides …

Behavioral role for nitric oxide in chemosensory activation of feeding in a mollusc

MR Elphick, G Kemenes, K Staras… - Journal of …, 1995 - Soc Neuroscience
A role for the NO-cGMP pathway in mediating chemosensory activation of feeding is
suggested by intense NADPH diaphorase staining observed in nerve fibers that project from …

Coma in response to environmental stress in the locust: a model for cortical spreading depression

CI Rodgers, GAB Armstrong, RM Robertson - Journal of insect physiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Spreading depression (SD) is an interesting and important phenomenon due to its role in
mammalian pathologies such as migraine, seizures, and stroke. Until recently investigations …

Nitric oxide signaling in invertebrates

JW Jacklet - Invertebrate Neuroscience, 1997 - Springer
Nitric oxide (NO) is an unconventional neurotransmitter and neuromodulator molecule that is
increasingly found to have important signaling functions in animals from nematodes to …

The early role of nitric oxide in evolution

M Feelisch, JF Martin - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 1995 - cell.com
Nitric oxide (NO), which today serves many different purposes in regulating complex cellular
functions, must have played a crucial role in the early stages of the evolution of life. The …