Participation of hippocampal agmatine in spatial learning: An in vivo microdialysis study

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-205

  Rushaidhi, Madihah ^a   Jing, Yu ^a   Zhang, Hu ^a   Liu, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arginine; Hippocampus; Rat; Spatial memory; Water maze

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAZE TEST; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84870919090     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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