GABAB receptor GTP-binding is decreased in the prefrontal cortex but not the hippocampus of aged rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1124.e1-1124.e12

  McQuail, Joseph A ^a   Bañuelos, Cristina ^b   LaSarge, Candi L ^c   Nicolle, Michelle M ^a   Bizon, Jennifer L ^b,d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Baclofen; Memory; PFC; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR 1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR 2; BACLOFEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84859508946     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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