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Nitric oxidePostsynaptic potentialExcitatory postsynaptic potentialNeuroscienceGlutamate receptorNeurotransmitterInhibitory postsynaptic potentialSecond messenger systemRetrograde signalingNeurotransmitter receptorChemistryAstrocyteReceptorCell biologySignallingNeurotransmitter AgentsCentral nervous systemBiologyBiochemistrySignal transductionEndocrinology
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- 14
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- 2
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- 60-67
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- 2411
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John Garthwaite
(1991).
Glutamate, nitric oxide and cell-cell signalling in the nervous system.
Trends in Neurosciences
, 14
(2)
, 60-67.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-2236(91)90022-m
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- DOI
- 10.1016/0166-2236(91)90022-m