Decrease in highly polysialylated neuronal cell adhesion molecules and in spatial learning during ageing are not correlated

Brain Research

Volumn 744, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-292

  Abrous, D N ^a   Montaron, M F ^a   Petry, K G ^a   Rougon, G ^b   Darnaudery M ^a   Le Moal, M ^a   Mayo, W ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

aging; hippocampus; immunohistochemistry; memory deficit; NCAM; neuronal cell adhesion molecule; polysialic acid; PSA NCAM; western blot

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; LEARNING; MALE; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 0031026347     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01115-8     Document Type: Article

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