Aging differentially alters forms of long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal area CA1

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 334-341

  Shankar, Subbakrishna ^a   Teyler, Timothy J ^b   Robbins, Norman ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GENISTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031893277     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.334     Document Type: Article

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