Dictionary of Biological Psychology
The novel neurotransmitter NITRIC OXIDE (NO) is not stored in a prepared form, as conventional NEUROTRANSMITTERS are: it is synthesized on demand by nitric oxide synthase (NOS): see NITRIC OXIDE for details. Determining which neurons contain nitric oxide synthase is therefore the principal means for defining which of them can synthesize nitric oxide.
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