Nitric oxide contributes to learning and memory deficits observed in hypothyroid rats during neonatal and juvenile growth

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Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1175-1181

  Hosseini, Mahmoud ^a   Dastghaib, Samaneh Sadat ^a   Rafatpanah, Houshang ^b   Hadjzadeh, Mosa Al Reza ^a   Nahrevanian, Hossein ^c   Farrokhi, Ismaeil ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Learning; Memory; Nitric oxide; Offspring

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLISM; RAT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; METHIMAZOLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78951489042     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322010001100021     Document Type: Article

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