Maintenance of superior learning and memory function in NR2B transgenic mice during ageing

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1815-1822

  Cao, Xiaohua ^a,b   Cui, Zhenzhong ^b   Feng, Ruiben ^b   Tang, Ya Ping ^c   Qin, Zhenxia ^a   Mei, Bing ^a,b   Tsien, Joe Z ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainageing hippocampus; LTP; Memory NMDA receptor; NR2B

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; FEAR; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSENCEPHALON; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34047250333     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05431.x     Document Type: Article

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