Sequence reactivation in the hippocampus is impaired in aged rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 7883-7890

  Gerrard, Jason L ^b   Burke, Sara N ^a,b   McNaughton, Bruce L ^a,b,c,d   Barnes, Carol A ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attractor dynamics; CA1; Memory consolidation; Neural ensemble; Place field

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISCHER 344 RAT; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50349084734     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1265-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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