Protective effect of acidic fibroblast growth factor against ischemia-induced learning and memory deficits in two tasks in gerbils

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-583

  Li, Ai Jun ^a   Oomura, Yutaka ^b   Sasaki, Kazuo ^c   Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Hori, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

aFGF; Brain; Forebrain ischemia; Hippocampus; Morris water maze; Nervous system; Neuroprotection; Passive avoidance task; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GERBIL; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033009571     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00330-8     Document Type: Article

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