Taurine improves learning and retention in aged mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 436, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-22

  El Idrissi, Abdeslem ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; GABA; Learning; Passive avoidance; Somatostatin; Taurine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; SOMATOSTATIN; TAURINE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LEARNING; MICE; RECEPTORS, GABA; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TAURINE;

EID: 41749105054     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.02.070     Document Type: Article

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