Cognitive deficits in aged rats correlate with levels of L-arginine, not with nNOS expression or 3,4-DAP-evoked transmitter release in the frontoparietal cortex

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-175

  Cassel, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Schweizer, Theresa ^a   Lazaris, Anelise ^b   Knörle, Rainer ^a   Birthelmer, Anja ^a   Gödtel Armbrust, Ute ^c   Förstermann, Ulrich ^c   Jackisch, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Memory; Noradrenaline; Serotonin; Water maze

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIAMINOPYRIDINE; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINE UPTAKE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 13244295457     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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