title: Role of nitric oxide in modulation of afferent impulses in cutaneous branches of somatic nerves by polarized light.
abstract: Subcutaneous injection of L-NAME inhibited afferent impulse activity in n. ischiadicus and n. saphenus and abolished the increase in this activity induced by stimulation of mechanoreceptors after skin irradiation with polarized light with various spectral characteristics. Subsequent subcutaneous injection of sodium nitroprusside restored the pattern of afferent impulse activity in these nerves during repeated skin irradiation with polarized light.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Physiology of the Brain Stem, Laboratory of Physiology of Afferent Systems, Institute of Physiology, Belarussian Academy of Sciences, Minsk.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Chumak
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Chichkan
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Ulashchik
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Soltanov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Kul'chitskii
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D000818:Animals; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D018462:Photobiology; D051381:Rats; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester