Nitric oxide facilitates long-term potentiation, but not long-term depression

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2645-2651

  Malen, Peter L ^a   Chapman, Paul F ^a,b,c  

^a Graduate Program in Neuroscience   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hippocampal slice; learning and memory; long term depression; long term potentiation; nitric oxide; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030900837     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-07-02645.1997     Document Type: Article

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