Nitric oxide is involved in the regulation of marble-burying behavior

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 480, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-58

  Krass, Maarja ^a   Rünkorg, Kertu ^a   Wegener, Gregers ^b   Volke, Vallo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Citalopram; Marble burying test; NOS inhibitor; Paroxetine

Indexed keywords

1 (2 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL)IMIDAZOLE; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; AGMATINE; ARGININE; CITALOPRAM; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PAROXETINE; 1-(2-TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL)IMIDAZOLE; 7-NITROINDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CITALOPRAM; IMIDAZOLES; INDAZOLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 77954386235     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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