NMDA depolarizations and long-term potentiation are reduced in the aged rat neocortex

Brain Research

Volumn 530, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 142-146

  Baskys, Andrius ^a   Reynolds, James N ^a   Carlen, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Fischer 344 rat; Long term potentiation; N Methyl d aspartate; Neocortex

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; TIME;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IN VITRO; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025197415     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90671-W     Document Type: Article

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