The nitric oxide-releasing derivative of ferulic acid NCX 2057 antagonized delay-dependent and scopolamine-induced performance deficits in a recognition memory task in the rat

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-9

  Boultadakis, Antonios ^a   Liakos, Panagiotis ^a   Pitsikas, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ferulic acid; Memory; NCX 2057; Nitric oxide; Rat; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

3 (4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYL) 2 PROPENOIC ACID 4 (NITROOXY)BUTYL ESTER; FERULIC ACID; MOLSIDOMINE; NCX 2057; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTANES; COUMARIC ACIDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOLSIDOMINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 73649099148     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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