Learning-induced survival of new neurons depends on the cognitive status of aged rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 6037-6044

  Drapeau, Elodie ^a,b   Montaron, Marie Françoise ^a   Aguerre, Sylvie ^a   Abrous, Djoher Nora ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampus; Memory; Neurogenesis; Neuroplasticity; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34249789248     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1031-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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