Abnormal differentiation of newborn granule cells in age-related working memory impairments

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1956-1974

  Nyffeler, Myriel ^a   Yee, Benjamin K ^a   Feldon, Joram ^a   Knuesel, Irene ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dark Agouti rat; Doublecortin; Hippocampus; Immunohistochemistry; Morris water maze; Nestin; Neurogenesis; Stereology

Indexed keywords

NESTIN;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RATS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77956920708     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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