Spatial learning results in elevated agmatine levels in the rat brain

Hippocampus

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1094-1098

  Liu, Ping ^a   Collie, Nicola D ^a   Chary, Sree ^b   Jing, Yu ^a   Zhang, Hu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Vestibular nucleus; Water maze

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWIMMING; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55549139201     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20482     Document Type: Article

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