Curcumin ameliorates memory deficits via neuronal nitric oxide synthase in aged mice

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-53

  Yu, Shu Yan ^a   Zhang, Minghua ^b   Luo, Junxia ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Shao, Yi ^a   Li, Gang ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

7 Nitroindazole; Age; Curcumin; Memory; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGED; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOGNITION;

7-NITROINDAZOLE; AD; AGE; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVA; CURCUMIN; MEMORY; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NO; NOR; NOS; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PD; PFC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SDL; STEP-DOWN LATENCY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CURCUMIN; INDAZOLES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I;

EID: 84878353352     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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