Serotonergic function of aging hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons: Electrophysiological assessment following administration of 5,7- dihydroxytryptamine in the fimbria-fornix and cingulum bundle

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-67

  Dugar, A ^a   Lakoski, J M ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5,7 dihydroxytryptamine (5,7 DHT); cellular electrophysiology; fimbria fornix cingulum bundle; hippocampus; serotonin (5 hydroxytryptamine; 5 HT)

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FORNIX; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; 8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; AGING; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; CHLORAL HYDRATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; IONTOPHORESIS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PIPERAZINES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 0031031026     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970101)47:1<58::AID-JNR6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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