"John E. Anderson" <jander at OSPREY.UNF.EDU> wrote in article
<32FDFFE4.4E9A at osprey.unf.edu>...
> > By the way, CO or carbon monoxide is NOT a neurotransmitter. In fact,
it
> > is a toxin that outcompetes oxygen for binding sites on hemoglobin,
thus
> > starving the body of oxygen. You may be thinking of NO, or nitric
oxide,
> > which does have intercellular signalling functions.
>> CO *has* been proposed to be a neurotransmitter. I think there was a
> PNAS commentary article by Edelman and Gally several years ago which
> mentioned it.
>> JA
> --
> John E. Anderson
>jander at unf.edu>>
I stand corrected. Thanks, John.
