Intracerebroventricular injection of N(ω)-nitro-L-arginine in rats impairs learning in a 14-unit T-maze

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-16

  Ingram, Donald K ^a   Spangler, Edward L ^a   Kametani, Hideki ^a   Meyer, Robert C ^a   London, Edythe D ^b  

^a Nathan W Shock Labs G   (United States)

^b Brain Imaging Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Glutamate; Memory; Nitric oxide (NO) synthase; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032472410     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)01427-1     Document Type: Article

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