Behavioural, neurochemical and neuroanatomical effects of chronic postnatal N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester treatment in neonatal and adult rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 181-195

  Prickaerts, J ^a   De Vente, J ^a   Markerink Van Ittersum, M ^a   Steinbusch, H W M ^a  

^a M   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Development; L NAME; Memory; Nitric oxide; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NADP; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032581186     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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