Effect of L-arginine on memory in rats

Polish Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 987-992

  Plech, Andrzej ^a   Klimkiewicz, Tomasz ^a   Maksym, Beata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

L arginine; Locomotor activity; Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors; Passive avoidance; Rat memory

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ARGININE; ISOENZYME; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; ISOENZYMES; MEMORY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 1642421160     PISSN: 12306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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