Interneuron loss reduces dendritic inhibition and GABA release in hippocampus of aged rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431.e1-431.e13

  Stanley, Emily M ^a   Fadel, Jim R ^a   Mott, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; CA1; Dendritic inhibition; Entorhinal cortex; GABA; Hippocampus; Inhibition; Interneuron; O LM cells; Parvalbumin; Somatostatin; Temporoammonic pathway

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STRATUM LACUNOSUM MOLECULARE; STRATUM ORIENS;

EID: 82755194917     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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