Repeated administration of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor l-NAME differentially affects rats' recognition memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-144

  Georgiadou, Georgia ^a   Pitsikas, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

L NAME; Nitric oxide; Rat; Recognition memory; Repeated treatment

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79959538779     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.05.037     Document Type: Article

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