Aging alters dendritic morphology, input resistance, and inhibitory signaling in dentate granule cells of the rhesus monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 460, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 573-584

  Luebke, Jennifer I ^a   Rosene, Douglas L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAA receptor; Hippocampal slice; Intrinsic membrane properties; Miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents; Morphology; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; LYSINE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038301590     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10668     Document Type: Article

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