Angiotensin II (3-8) induces long-term memory improvement in the crab Chasmagnathus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 143-146

  Delorenzi, Alejandro ^a,b   Locatelli, Fernando ^a   Romano, Arturo ^a   Nahmod, Victor ^b   Maldonado, Héctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

angiotensin II; angiotensin IV; crab; invertebrates; learning; losartan; memory; PD 123177

Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINO 3 METHYLBENZYL) 5 DIPHENYLACETYL 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDROIMIDAZO[4,5 C]PYRIDINE 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN DERIVATIVE; ANGIOTENSIN II [3-8]; LOSARTAN; LOSARTAN POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; ESCAPE REACTION; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 0031009944     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00245-0     Document Type: Article

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