Behavioral symptoms in adult rats after postnatal L-nitro-arginine

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Wörtwein, Gitta ^a,b   Gustafson, Bettina ^a   Hansen, Karina Liv ^a   Mogensen, Jesper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Development; Exploration; Habituation; L nitro arginine; Nitric oxide; Place learning; Rat

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; HABITUATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0343488530     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(97)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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