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Nitric oxide (NO) is a highly reactive molecule that is believed to be involved in many physiological events. In the brain, nitric oxide has been implicated in a number of biological responses such as neurotransmitter modulation, retrograde neurotransmitter and synaptic plasticity. Nitric oxide diffuses across membranes and has guanylate cyclase in the smooth muscle as its primary target, by which nitric oxide leads to vasodilation thus regulating cerebral blood flow [3].
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Reinert, M., Zauner, A., Khaldi, A., Seiler, R., Bullock, R. (2001). Microdialysis Nitric Oxide Levels and Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. In: Seiler, R.W., Steiger, HJ. (eds) Cerebral Vasospasm. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplements, vol 77. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6232-3_33
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