Enhancement of learning behaviour by a potent nitric oxide-guanylate cyclase activator YC-1

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1679-1688

  Chien, Wei Lin ^a   Liang, Keng Chen ^b   Teng, Che Ming ^a   Kuo, Sheng Chu ^c   Lee, Fang Yu ^c   Fu, Wen Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cGMP; Learning; Long term potentiation; Memory; NO; PKG; YC 1

Indexed keywords

1 BENZYL 3 (5 HYDROXYMETHYL 2 FURYL)INDAZOLE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; BENZYLINDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA PHENYL 1,N2 ETHENOGUANOSINE 3',5' MONOPHOSPHOROTHIOATE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATOR; INDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KT 5823; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INDAZOLES; LEARNING; NITRIC OXIDE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 18444368134     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03993.x     Document Type: Article

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