Protein kinase C activity is associated with prefrontal cortical decline in aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 782-792

  Brennan, Avis R ^a   Yuan, Peixiong ^b   Dickstein, Dara L ^c   Rocher, Anne B ^c   Hof, Patrick R ^c   Manji, Husseini ^b   Arnsten, Amy F T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chelerythrine; Dendrites; Dendritic spines; Prefrontal cortex; Protein kinase C; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHELERYTHRINE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 62349127111     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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