Inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor aminoguanidine, differently affects Morris water maze tasks of ovariectomized and naïve female rats

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-432

  Hosseini, Mahmoud ^a   Nemati Karimooy, H ^a   Hadjzadeh, M ^a   Safari, V ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

aminoguanidine; learning; Morris water maze; ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GUANIDINES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84255195949     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.98.2011.4.5     Document Type: Article

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