Chronic intraventricular infusion with NGF improves LTP in old cognitively-impaired rats

Brain Research

Volumn 770, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Bergado, Jorge A ^a   Fernández, Caridad I ^a   Gómez Soria, Andrés ^a   González, Odalys ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Aging; Long term potentiation; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TETANIC SPASM;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0342941127     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00610-0     Document Type: Article

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