Involvement of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in cognitive impairment in isoflurane-treated rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 506, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-244

  Yan, Xue Bin ^a   Ouyang, Wen ^a   Li, Guan ^a   Duan, Kai Ming ^a  

^a THE THIRD XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Hippocampus; Isoflurane; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Y maze test

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REACTION TIME;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOFLURANE; MAZE LEARNING; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84655162026     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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