Prefrontal cortex, caloric restriction and stress during aging: Studies on dopamine and acetylcholine release, BDNF and working memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-145

  Del Arco, Alberto ^a   Segovia, Gregorio ^a   de Blas, Marta ^a   Garrido, Pedro ^a   Acuña Castroviejo, Dario ^b   Pamplona, Reinald ^c   Mora, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; BDNF; Caloric restriction; Dopamine; Microdialysis; Motor activity; Prefrontal cortex; Rat; Stress; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ACUTE STRESS; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIFESPAN; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78149415162     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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