Chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis enhances both subventricular zone neurogenesis and olfactory learning in adult mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2461-2470

  Romero Grimaldi, Carmen ^a   Gheusi, Gilles ^b   Lledo, Pierre Marie ^b   Estrada, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Dentate gyrus; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Neural precursors; Olfactory bulb; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL VENTRICLES; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OLFACTORY BULB; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33750907310     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05127.x     Document Type: Article

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