A reversal by L-arginine and sodium nitroprusside of ageing-induced memory impairment in rats by increasing nitric oxide concentration in the hippocampus

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-186

  Paul, Vanaja ^a,b   Reddy, Leema ^a   Ekambaram, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Ageing rats; Hippocampus; L arginine; Memory formation; Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18744388841     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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