Effect of nitric oxide synthesis inhibition on c-Fos expression in hippocampus and cerebral cortex following two forms of learning in rats: An immunohistochemistry study

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-222

  Qiang, M ^a   Xie, J ^a   Wang, H ^a   Qiao, J ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cortical nervous hippocampal neurons; Fos like immunoreactivity; Learning memory; N( ) nitro L arginine; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT;

EID: 0032985630     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199903000-00010     Document Type: Article

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