Interactions of nitric oxide with α2-adrenoceptors within the locus coeruleus underlie the facilitation of inhibitory avoidance memory by agmatine

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 2589-2599

  Shelkar, Gajanan P ^a,b   Gakare, Sukanya G ^b   Chakraborty, Suwarna ^a   Dravid, Shashank M ^c   Ugale, Rajesh R ^a,b  

^a New Kamptee   (India)

^b RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITORY AVOIDANCE MEMORY; INTRACRANIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY ACQUISITION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY RETRIEVAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84981218609     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.13531     Document Type: Article

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