Reduced serine racemase expression contributes to age-related deficits in hippocampal cognitive function

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1495-1504

  Turpin, F R ^a,b,c   Potier, B ^a   Dulong, J R ^b,c   Sinet, P M ^a   Alliot, J ^d   Oliet, S H R ^b,c   Dutar, P ^a   Epelbaum, J ^a   Mothet, J P ^b,c   Billard, J M ^a  

^a CENTRE DE PSYCHIATRIE ET NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

D serine; Hippocampus; Memory; NMDA receptor; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO AMINO ACID OXIDASE; DEXTRO SERINE; ISOMERASE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SERINE RACEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; LOUVAIN RAT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79959605963     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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