Reversal of age-related alterations in synaptic plasticity by blockade of L-type Ca2+ channels

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3171-3179

  Norris, Christopher M ^a   Halpain, Shelley ^b   Foster, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Aging; Fischer 344; Hippocampus; Long term depression; Long term potentiation

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; APAMIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032080230     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-09-03171.1998     Document Type: Article

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