Compression of the facial nerve caused increased nitric oxide synthase activity in the facial motor nucleus

Vascular endothelial cells synthesize nitric oxide from L-arginine

Richard Palmer, D. Ashton, Salvador Moncada · Nature · 1988 · 4.8K citations

Inflammation, Reactive Nitrogen Specie, Physiology +7

Endothelium-derived relaxing factor release on activation of NMDA receptors suggests role as intercellular messenger in the brain

John Garthwaite, Sarah L. Charles, Russ Chess‐Williams · Nature · 1988 · 2.6K citations

Intercellular Messenger, Neurophysiology, Physiology +9

Neuronal NADPH diaphorase is a nitric oxide synthase.

Bruce T. Hope, G J Michael, Karl M. Knigge et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1991 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Molecular Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Neurophysiology +12

Histochemical mapping of nitric oxide synthase in the rat brain

S.R. Vincent, Hiroshi Kimura · Neuroscience · 1992 · 1.9K citations

Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy, Reactive Nitrogen Specie +10

Nitric oxide synthase and neuronal NADPH diaphorase are identical in brain and peripheral tissues.

Ted M. Dawson, David S. Bredt, Majid Fotuhi et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1991 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Nitric Oxide, Neuronal Nadph Diaphorase, Redox Biology +22