Preserved memory capacities in aged Lou/C/Jall rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-142

  Kollen, M ^a   Stephan A ^a   Faivre Bauman, A ^a   Loudes, C ^a   Sinet, P M ^a   Alliot, J ^b   Billard, J M ^a   Epelbaum, J ^a   Dutar, P ^a   Jouvenceau, A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Caloric restriction; Hippocampus; Memory; NMDA receptor; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; INSULIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OBESITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449535892     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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