Aging and synaptic plasticity: A review

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 217-232

  Bergado, Jorge A ^a   Almaguer, William ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMPA RECEPTOR; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; PROTEIN KINASE C; RNA; THIOCTIC ACID;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0042413570     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/NP.2002.217     Document Type: Review

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