Formaldehyde impairs learning and memory involving the disturbance of hydrogen sulfide generation in the hippocampus of rats

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 140-149

  Tang, Xiao Qing ^a   Zhuang, Yuan Yuan ^a,b   Zhang, Ping ^a   Fang, Heng Rong ^a   Zhou, Cheng Fang ^a   Gu, Hong Feng ^a   Zhang, Hui ^c   Wang, Chun Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

^b Division of Science and Technology Research   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Hydrogen sulfide; Learning and memory; Morris water maze; Novel object recognition test

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING DISORDER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; FORMALDEHYDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871960061     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9912-4     Document Type: Article

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