Ghrelin induced memory facilitation implicates nitric oxide synthase activation and decrease in the threshold to promote LTP in hippocampal dentate gyrus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-123

  Carlini, Valeria P ^a   Perez, Mariela F ^a   Salde, Estela ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^b   Ramirez, Oscar A ^a   de Barioglio, Susana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Memory consolidation; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECOND MESSENGER; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GHRELIN; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77953916316     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.04.026     Document Type: Article

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