The effects of aging on dentate circuitry and function

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 163, Issue , 2007, Pages 679-696

  Patrylo, Peter R ^a   Williamson, Anne ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; dentate gating; epileptogenicity; IPSP; mossy fibers; recurrent excitation; spatial learning and memory

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN;

AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; NERVE NET;

EID: 34548216270     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)63037-4     Document Type: Review

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