Impaired synaptic functions with aging as characterized by decreased calcium influx and acetylcholine release

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-70

  Tanaka, Y ^a   Hasegawa, A ^a   Ando, S ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylcholine release; acetylcholine synthesis; aging brain; calcium influx; synaptosomes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOSOME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0030066875     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490430108     Document Type: Article

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