Aging-related changes in neuroimmune-endocrine function: Implications for hippocampal-dependent cognition

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-227

  Barrientos, Ruth M ^a   Frank, Matthew G ^a   Watkins, Linda R ^a   Maier, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficit; Dysregulated neuroendocrine response; Hippocampal dependent memory; Microglial sensitization; Neuroinflammation; Normal aging

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CD200 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGING; AMNESIA; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

AGING; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROGLIA;

EID: 84866767786     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.010     Document Type: Review

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