Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibition improves early memory consolidation of object information

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 915-928

  Prickaerts, Jos ^a,b   Şik, Ayhan ^a   Van Staveren, Wilma C G ^a   Koopmans, Guido ^a   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a   Van Der Staay, Franz Josef ^c   Vente, Jan De ^a   Blokland, Arjan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Johnson Johnson P   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cGMP; Consolidation; Memory; Object; PDE5

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; CYCLIC GMP; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; VARDENAFIL; ZAPRINAST;

AGGRESSION; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLOW RATE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; LIVER METABOLISM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; CYCLIC GMP; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 4243053608     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2004.03.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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