Increased susceptibility to induction of long-term depression and long- term potentiation reversal during aging

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5382-5392

  Norris, Christopher M ^a   Korol, Donna L ^a   Foster, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; CA1; Fischer 344; hippocampus; long term depression; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029795945     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-17-05382.1996     Document Type: Article

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