Enriched environment, nitric oxide production and synaptic plasticity prevent the aging-dependent impairment of spatial cognition

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-101

  Arnaiz, Silvia Lores ^a   D'Amico, Gabriela ^a   Paglia, Nora ^a   Arismendi, Mariana ^a   Basso, Nidia ^a   Arnaiz, María Del Rosario Lores ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Enriched environment; mtNOS; Neuronal plasticity; Rat maze; Spatial memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 1642422752     PISSN: 00982997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2004.02.011     Document Type: Review

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