7,8-dihydroxyflavone rescues spatial memory and synaptic plasticity in cognitively impaired aged rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 800-811

  Zeng, Yan ^a   Lv, Feng ^a   Li, Long ^a   Yu, Hui ^a   Dong, Min ^a   Fu, Qinghai ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

7,8 dihydroxyflavone; aging; learning and memory; spines; synaptic plasticity; TrkB receptors

Indexed keywords

7,8 DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FLAVONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RECEPTOR, TRKB;

RATTUS;

EID: 84864124228     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07830.x     Document Type: Article

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