Adenosine modulates synaptic plasticity in hippocampal slices from aged rats

Brain Research

Volumn 851, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 228-234

  Costenla, Ana Rita ^a   De Mendonça, Alexandre ^a   Ribeiro, Joaquim Alexandre ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

1,3 Dipropyl 8 cyclopentylxanthine; A1 receptor; Adenosine; Aging; Depotentiation; Hippocampus; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; Paired pulse facilitation; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADENOSINE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; XANTHINES;

EID: 0033373020     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02194-0     Document Type: Article

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