The nitric oxide donor molsidomine antagonizes age-related memory deficits in the rat

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-264

  Pitsikas, Nikolaos ^a   Rigamonti, Antonello E ^b,c   Cella, Silvano G ^b,c   Sakellaridis, Nikolaos ^a   Muller, Eugenio E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory; Molsidomine; Nitric oxide; Object recognition; Passive avoidance; Rat

Indexed keywords

MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 10044264582     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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