Age-associated alterations of hippocampal place cells are subregion specific

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 6877-6886

  Wilson, Iain A ^a   Ikonen, Sami ^a   Gallagher, Michela ^b   Eichenbaum, Howard ^c   Tanila, Heikki ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age associated cognitive impairment; Aging; CA1; CA3; Hippocampus; Place cells; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 22544475288     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1744-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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