Contribution of the D-Serine-dependent pathway to the cellular mechanisms underlying cognitive aging

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2010, Pages

  Potier, Brigitte ^a   Turpin, Fabrice R ^a   Sinet, Pierre Marie ^a   Rouaud, Emilie ^a   Mothet, Jean Pierre ^b   Videau, Catherine ^a   Epelbaum, Jacques ^a   Dutar, Patrick ^a   Billard, Jean Marie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Memory; NMDA receptors; Serine racemase; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855592777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.24.001.2010     Document Type: Review

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