Activation of TrkB by 7,8-dihydroxyflavone prevents fear memory defects and facilitates amygdalar synaptic plasticity in aging

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 765-778

  Zeng, Yan ^a   Liu, Yakun ^a   Wu, Mianyun ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Hu, Qi ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

7,8 DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AGING; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84866336983     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-120886     Document Type: Article

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