Isoflurane-induced spatial memory impairment by a mechanism independent of amyloid-beta levels and tau protein phosphorylation changes in aged rats

Neurological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Liu, Weiran ^a   Xu, Jie ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Xu, Chengshi ^a   Ji, Chao ^b   Wang, Yun ^a   Feng, Chunsheng ^a,c   Zhang, Xuena ^a   Xu, Zhipeng ^d   Wu, Anshi ^a   Xie, Zhongcong ^d   Yue, Yun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid beta; Hippocampus; Isoflurane; Morris water maze; Tau

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ISOFLURANE; TAU PROTEIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MEMORY; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84555203769     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132811Y.0000000047     Document Type: Article

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