NADPH-DIAPHORASE REACTIVITY IN THE MAUTHNER CELLS OF THE SWORDTAIL FISH, XIPHOPHORUS-HELLERI

Authors
ANKEN RH SERGER I BREMEN D RAHMANN H
Citation
Rh. Anken et al., NADPH-DIAPHORASE REACTIVITY IN THE MAUTHNER CELLS OF THE SWORDTAIL FISH, XIPHOPHORUS-HELLERI, Neuroscience letters, 206(1), 1996, pp. 49-52
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuroscience letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03043940
Volume
206
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
49 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3940(1996)206:1<49:NRITMC>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The presence of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase (NADPHDH) in fixed tissue was histochemically demonstrated in the Mau thner cells of the teleost fish Xiphophorus helleri. This is the first detection of the enzyme in these giant neurons (which are restricted to fishes and amphibians) of a gnathostomate vertebrate. NADPHDH react ivity in fixed tissue is thought to reflect the activity of nitric oxi de synthase. Thus, nitric oxide, a gaseous intercellular messenger, is probably synthesized in the Mauthner cells.