Stikstofoksied en die senuweestelsel
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie/South African Journal of Science and Technology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Stikstofoksied en die senuweestelsel Nitric oxide and the nervous system | |
| Creator | Meij, H. S. | |
| Description | Betreklik onlangs is ontdek dat stikstofoksied (NO), ’n giftige gasmolekuul, as ’n sellulêre boodskapper in biologiese stelsels optree. In die menslike liggaam word dit deur verskillende seltipes in ’n verskeidenheid van organe geproduseer en vrygestel en het dit 'n fundamentele aandeel in die funksionering van bykans alle liggaamstelsels. Die rol van NO blyk besonder belangrik te wees in die kardiovaskulêre stelsel (veral met betrekking tot vasodilatasie), liggaamsverdediging (venietiging van patogene), en die senuweestelsel (as neuro-oordragstof en -modulator). In hierdie kort oorsig word aspekte van die vorming en moontlike werking van NO beskryf en die belang van dié gasmolekuul in die senuweestelsel saamgevat. It was discovered fairly recently that nitric oxide (NO), a poisonous gas molecule, can act as a cellular messenger in biological systems. In the human body it is produced and released by several types of cells in a number of different organs, and it apparently plays a fundamental part in the functions of almost all the body systems. Nitric oxide seems to be significantly involved in the cardiovascular system (especially in vasodilation), the defence systems of the body (destruction of pathogens) and in the nervous system as neurotransmitter and -modulator. In this short review aspects regarding the synthesis and possible actions of NO are described, and the importance of this gas molecule in the nervous system is summarised. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1996-07-10 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/satnt.v15i2.634 | |
| Source | Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 15, No 2 (1996); 58-63 Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 15, No 2 (1996); 58-63 2222-4173 0254-3486 | |
| Language | eng | |
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