fThe effect of intra-CA1 agmatine microinjection on water maze learning and memory in rat

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Rastegar, K ^a   Roosta, H ^a   Zarifkar, A ^a   Rafati, A ^a   Moosavi, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agmatine; CA1; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Rat; Water maze

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 79956297916     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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