Aging redistributes medial prefrontal neuronal excitability and impedes extinction of trace fear conditioning

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1744-1757

  Kaczorowski, Catherine C ^a   Davis, Scott J ^a   Moyer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Burst spiking; Cognitive flexibility; Extinction; Infralimbic; Intrinsic excitability; Prelimbic; Regular spiking; Trace fear conditioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRACE FEAR CONDITIONING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 84861904057     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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