Tyrosine administration prevents hypoxia-induced decrements in learning and memory

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 867-871

  Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^a,c   Stillman, Michael J ^a   Lieberman, Harris R ^b,d  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U States Army Res Inst EM   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude exposure; Hypobaric hypoxia; Morris water maze; Precursor; Reference memory; Spatial memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; PLACEBO; TYROSINE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029876428     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02107-8     Document Type: Article

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