Enhancement of LTP in aged rats is dependent on endogenous BDNF

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1823-1836

  Diógenes, Maria J ^a   Costenla, Ana R ^a   Lopes, Luísa V ^a   Jerónimo Santos, André ^a   Sousa, Vasco C ^a   Fontinha, Bruno M ^a   Ribeiro, Joaquim A ^a   Sebastio, Ana M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A 2A receptors; adenosine; aging; BDNF; hippocampus; LTP

Indexed keywords

5 AMINO 2 (2 FURYL) 7 (2 PHENYLETHYL)PYRAZOLO[4,3 E][1,2,4]TRIAZOLO[1,5 C]PYRIMIDINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; K 252A;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79960314198     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.64     Document Type: Article

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