Is activation of the metabotropic glutamate receptors impaired in the hippocampal CA1 area of the aged rat?

Hippocampus

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 455-459

  Jouvenceau, A ^a   Dutar, P ^a   Billard, J M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Synaptic responses

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; TRANS 1 AMINOCYCLOPENTATE 1,3 DICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; AGING; ANIMALS; BENZOATES; CYCLOLEUCINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030692838     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1997)7:5<455::AID-HIPO1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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