Overexpression of type I adenylyl cyclase in the forebrain impairs spatial memory in aged but not young mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 10835-10842

  Garelick, Michael G ^a   Chan, Guy C K ^a   DiRocco, Derek P ^a   Storm, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROSENCEPHALON; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 69749124823     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0553-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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