Group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor function and its regulation of learning and memory in the aging brain

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 3 OCT, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ménard, Caroline ^a   Quirion, Rémi ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Learning; Memory; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; PROTEIN HOMER 1A; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84870761837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2012.00182     Document Type: Article

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