The effects of intrahippocampal BDNF and NGF on spatial learning in aged long Evans rats

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 211-226

  Pelleymounter, Mary Ann ^a   Cullen, Mary Jane ^a   Baker, Mary Beth ^a   Gollub, Matthew ^a   Wellman, Cara ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; BDNF; cognitive impairment; high affinity choline uptake; hippocampus; hypothalamus; NGF; serotonin; spatial learning; water maze

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SEROTONIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0030475453     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815003     Document Type: Article

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