Memory in aged mice is rescued by enhanced expression of the GluN2B subunit of the NMDA receptor

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 211-226

  Brim, B L ^a,b   Haskell, R ^c   Awedikian, R ^d   Ellinwood, N M ^d   Jin, L ^a   Kumar, A ^e   Foster, T C ^e   Magnusson, K R ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ViraQuest Inc   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adenoviral vector; Aging; C57BL 6 mice; NMDA receptor; NR2B subunit; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; BRAIN PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUN2B PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; PHENOLS; PIPERIDINES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84868694101     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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