Enhanced role of adenosine A 2A receptors in the modulation of LTP in the rat hippocampus upon ageing

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-21

  Costenla, Ana R ^a   Diógenes, Maria J ^a   Canas, Paula M ^b   Rodrigues, Ricardo J ^b   Nogueira, Célia ^c   Maroco, João ^d   Agostinho, Paula M ^b   Ribeiro, Joaquim A ^a   Cunha, Rodrigo A ^b   de Mendonça, Alexandre ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A 1 receptors; A 2A receptors; Adenosine; Ageing; Hippocampus; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

5 AMINO 2 (2 FURYL) 7 (2 PHENYLETHYL)PYRAZOLO[4,3 E][1,2,4]TRIAZOLO[1,5 C]PYRIMIDINE; 8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A1; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIAZOLES; XANTHINES;

EID: 80955177501     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07719.x     Document Type: Article

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