Reduction in the number of NADPH-diaphorase-positive cells in the cerebral cortex and striatum in aged rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-402

  Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a   Noda, Yukihiro ^a   Komori, Yumiko ^b   Sugihara, Hisayoshi ^b   Hasegawa, Takaaki ^a   Nabeshima, Toshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged rats; Learning and memory; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Radial arm maze

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029862743     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(95)01020-3     Document Type: Article

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