Memory enhancement by the angiotensinergic system in the crab Chasmagnathus is mediated by endogenous angiotensin II

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Delorenzi, Alejandro ^a   Maldonado, Héctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Angiotensin IV; Crab; Dival; Memory; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN II [3-8]; SARALASIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WSU 1291;

ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SPECIFICITY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; MALE; MEMORY; SARALASIN;

EID: 0345280021     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00232-3     Document Type: Article

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