Neuronal basis of age-related working memory decline

Nature

Volumn 476, Issue 7359, 2011, Pages 210-213

  Wang, Min ^a   Gamo, Nao J ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Jin, Lu E ^a   Wang, Xiao Jing ^a   Laubach, Mark ^a,b   Mazer, James A ^a   Lee, Daeyeol ^a   Arnsten, Amy F T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HCN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; CUES; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; GUANFACINE; HUMANS; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051677168     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10243     Document Type: Letter

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