On the requirement of nitric oxide signaling in the amygdala for consolidation of inhibitory avoidance memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-272

  Zinn, Carolina G ^a   Bevilaqua, Lia R ^a   Rossato, Janine I ^a   Medina, Jorge H ^a   Izquierdo, Iván ^a   Cammarota, Martín ^a  

^a Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Consolidation; Inhibitory avoidance; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINOQUINOLINES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ARGININE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CARBAZOLES; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENICILLAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 60749093055     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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