Central administration of a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor impairs spatial memory in spontaneous hypertensive rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Suzuki, Yusuke ^a   Ikari, Hiroyuki ^a   Hayashi, Toshio ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal third ventricle; Long term potentiation; N(G) Monomethyl L arginine; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase inhibitor; Osmotic infusion; Radial arm maze task; Spontaneous hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0029932095     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12504-0     Document Type: Article

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