Changes in expression of splice cassettes of NMDA receptor GluN1 subunits within the frontal lobe and memory in mice during aging

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-133

  Das, Siba R ^a   Magnusson, Kathy R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cassette; Cumulative proximity; GluN1; Learning index; Memory; NMDA; NR1; Prefrontal cortex; Splice form; Splice variant; Water maze; Zeta1

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953885579     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.045     Document Type: Article

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