Differential effects and rates of normal aging in cerebellum and hippocampus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1624-1629

  Woodruff Pak, Diana S ^a   Foy, Michael R ^b   Akopian, Garnik G ^c   Lee, Ka Hung ^d   Zach, Jordan ^a   Nguyen, Kim Phuong Thi ^a   Comalli, David M ^a   Kennard, John A ^a   Agelan, Alexis ^e   Thompson, Richard F ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavior; Cerebellum; Hippocampus; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STEREOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 76549085435     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914207107     Document Type: Article

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