The ability of aged rats to sustain long-term potentiation is restored when the age-related decrease in membrane arachidonic acid concentration is reversed

Neuroscience

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  McGahon, B ^a   Clements, M P ^b   Lynch, M A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Arachidonic acid; Glutamate release; Long term potentiation; Metabotropic glutamate receptors

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPOLARIZATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 0030761198     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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