Aging and α-synuclein affect synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Gureviciene, Irina ^a   Gurevicius, Kestutis ^a   Tanila, Heikki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Dentate gyrus; Paired pulse facilitation; Perforant pathway; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACILITATION; GRANULE CELL; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ALANINE; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESCAPE REACTION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERFORANT PATHWAY; PROLINE; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62949117379     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0149-x     Document Type: Article

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