Plasticity of GABA(a) system during ageing: Focus on vestibular compensation and possible pharmacological intervention

Brain Research

Volumn 929, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-86

  Giardino, Luciana ^a   Zanni, Massimo ^b   Fernandez, Mercedes ^a   Battaglia, Angelo ^c   Pignataro, Oreste ^d   Calzà, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Carpi Hospital   (Italy)

^c Pharmacia Corporation   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; GAD mRNA; In situ hybridization; Rat; Vestibular compensation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; NICERGOLINE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GROUPS BY AGE; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NICERGOLINE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0036498344     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03381-9     Document Type: Article

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