Role of nitric oxide in learning and memory processes

Folia Pharmacologica Japonica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-96

  Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; In vivo dialysis; Learning and memory; Nitric oxide; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031916163     PISSN: 00155691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/fpj.111.87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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