Obestatin improves memory performance and causes anxiolytic effects in rats

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 352, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 907-912

  Carlini, Valeria P ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^b   deBarioglio, Susana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Food intake; Ghrelin; Memory retention; Obestatin; Object recognition test; Plus maze test; Step down test

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; OBESTATIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FOOD INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUNGER; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33845415562     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.11.112     Document Type: Article

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