Picomolar amyloid-β positively modulates synaptic plasticity and memory in hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 53, 2008, Pages 14537-14545

  Puzzo, Daniela ^a,b   Privitera, Lucia ^a,b   Leznik, Elena ^a   Fà, Mauro ^a   Staniszewski, Agnieszka ^a   Palmeri, Agostino ^b   Arancio, Ottavio ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

7 nicotinic receptors; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid ; Hippocampus; Memory; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE MEMORY;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MECAMYLAMINE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 58149385218     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2692-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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