Compensatory responses to age-related decline in odor quality acuity: Cholinergic neuromodulation and olfactory enrichment

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2254-2265

  Mandairon, Nathalie ^a,b   Peace, Shane T ^b   Boudadi, Karim ^b   Boxhorn, Christine E ^b   Narla, Venkata Anupama ^b   Suffis, Sara D ^b,c   Cleland, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Age related cognitive decline; Alzheimer's disease; Basal forebrain; Cholinergic hypothesis; Olfactory bulb; Palliative response

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; MALE; MICE; NERVE NET; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; SMELL;

EID: 77957277494     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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