Age-related memory impairments due to reduced blood glucose responses to epinephrine

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2136-2145

  Morris, Ken A ^a   Chang, Qing ^a   Mohler, Eric G ^a   Gold, Paul E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Inhibitory avoidance; Memory enhancement; Memory impairment; Memory loss; Rapid forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; EPINEPHRINE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 78650173973     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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