Age-dependent alterations in nerve growth factor (NGF)-related proteins, sortilin, and learning and memory in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-157

  Terry, Alvin V ^a   Kutiyanawalla, Ammar ^a,b   Pillai, Anilkumar ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Memory; Neurotrophin; NGF; ProNGF

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; NEUROTROPIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; SORTILIN;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWIMMING;

EID: 78649332667     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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