Intrahippocampal infusion of interleukin-6 impairs avoidance learning in rats

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-123

  Ma, Tian Cai ^a   Zhu, Xing Zu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

avoidance learning; hippocampus; interleukin 6; nitric oxide; nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; FLUOROMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030936608     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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