Aging effects on the limits and stability of long-term synaptic potentiation and depression in rat hippocampal area CA1

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 594-601

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Thinschmidt, Jeffrey S ^a   Foster, Thomas C ^a   King, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGING; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 34547744428     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00249.2007     Document Type: Article

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