Formation of an olfactory recognition memory in mice: Reassessment of the role of nitric oxide

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-354

  Okere, C O ^a   Kaba, H ^a,b   Higuchi, T ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Pregnancy block; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXIDOPAMINE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030046111     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00467-X     Document Type: Article

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