Louis J. Ignarro

Endothelium-derived relaxing factor from pulmonary artery and vein possesses pharmacologic and chemical properties identical to those of nitric oxide radical.

Louis J. Ignarro, R E Byrns, Georgette M. Buga et al. · Circulation Research · 1987 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +8

Nitric Oxide as a Mediator of Relaxation of the Corpus Cavernosum in Response to Nonadrenergic, Noncholinergic Neurotransmission

Jacob Rajfer, William J. Aronson, Margaret A. Bush et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1992 · 1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology +10

Nitric oxide and cyclic GMP formation upon electrical field stimulation cause relaxation of corpus cavernosum smooth muscle

Louis J. Ignarro, Margaret A. Bush, Georgette M. Buga et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1990 · 849 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +13

Oxidation of nitric oxide in aqueous solution to nitrite but not nitrate: comparison with enzymatically formed nitric oxide from L-arginine.

Louis J. Ignarro, Jon M. Fukuto, J M Griscavage et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1993 · 849 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +9

Microglial cell cytotoxicity of oligodendrocytes is mediated through nitric oxide.

J E Merrill, Louis J. Ignarro, Michael P. Sherman et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1993 · 780 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Neuroscience +14