Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase impairs early olfactory associative learning in newborn rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-231

  Samama, Brigitte ^a   Boehm, Nelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

7 nitroindazole; L NAME; Nitric oxide; Olfactory learning; Rat pups

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEPPERMINT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; RAT; RECALL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0032811136     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3869     Document Type: Article

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