Potential adaptive function for altered long-term potentiation mechanisms in aging hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 8034-8039

  Boric, Katica ^a   Muñoz, Pablo ^a   Gallagher, Michela ^a   Kirkwood, Alfredo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; CA1; Learning memory; LTP; NMDA receptor; Senility

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENILITY; SYNAPSE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COGNITION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG EVANS RAT; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWIMMING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SWIMMING;

EID: 51149090398     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2036-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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