Gasotransmitters, Like NO, Are Synthesized in a Neuron and Can

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Essay

 Gasotransmitters, like NO, are synthesized in a neuron and can work in a retrograde fashion (acting on the presynaptic cell). How can NO travel to a presynaptic neuron when there are no specialized vesicles for it, and what keeps NO from traveling further from the releasing neuron?

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