Melanin-concentrating hormone, hippocampal nitric oxide levels and memory retention

Peptides

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2213-2221

  Varas, Mariana ^a   Pérez, Mariela ^a   Monzón, María Elena ^a   De Barioglio, Susana Rubiales ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Behavior; cGMP; Hippocampus; MCH; Nitric oxide; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYCLIC GMP; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; MALE; MELANINS; MEMORY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PITUITARY HORMONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036952988     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(02)00252-8     Document Type: Article

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