Hippocampal long-term potentiation is reduced in mature compared to young male rats but not in female rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 504-508

  Monfort, P ^a   Felipo, V ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive function; gender differences; hippocampus; long term potentiation; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AGING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MATURATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TETANUS;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34247193729     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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