The effect of L-Arginin on Morris water maze tasks of ovariectomized rats

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-223

  Saffarzadeh, F ^a   Eslamizade, M J ^a   Nemati Karimooy, H A ^a   Hadjzadeh, M A ^a   Khazaei, M ^b   Hosseini, Mahmoud ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

L Arg; learning; Morris water maze; nitric oxide; ovarian hormones; ovariectomy; spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; REACTION TIME; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954528239     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.97.2010.2.8     Document Type: Article

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