Serotonin depletion in rat hippocampus attenuates L-NAME-induced spatial learning deficits

Brain Research

Volumn 963, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 244-251

  Majlessi, Nahid ^a   Kadkhodaee, Mehri ^b   Parviz, Mohsen ^b   Naghdi, Nasser ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Morris water maze; Nitric oxide; Serotonin; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ARGININE; DESIPRAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEUROTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEROTONIN RELEASE; TRAINING;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DESIPRAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROTOXINS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0344687437     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03987-2     Document Type: Article

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