Nitric oxide involvement in consolidation, but not retrieval phase of cognitive performance enhanced by atorvastatin in mice

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 666, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 122-130

  Rayatnia, Farhoud ^a   Javadi Paydar, Mehrak ^a,b   Allami, Nika ^a,c   Zakeri, Marjan ^a,b   Rastegar, Hossein ^d   Norouzi, Abbas ^b   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; Consolidation; Mice; Nitric oxide; Retrieval; Spatial recognition memory

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGININE; ATORVASTATIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; COGNITION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG SYNERGISM; GUANIDINES; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PYRROLES; SCOPOLAMINE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960013921     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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