Cholesterol-enriched diet affects spatial learning and synaptic function in hippocampal synapses

Brain Research

Volumn 1103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-98

  Dufour, Franck ^a   Liu, Qi Ying ^a   Gusev, Pavel ^a   Alkon, Daniel ^a   Atzori, Marco ^b  

^a Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Behavior; Cholesterol; NMDA receptor; Patch clamp; Synaptic facilitation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHOLE CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMATES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33746098173     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.05.086     Document Type: Article

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