Hilar interneuron vulnerability distinguishes aged rats with memory impairment

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3508-3523

  Spiegel, Amy M ^a   Koh, Ming Teng ^a   Vogt, Nicholas M ^b   Rapp, Peter R ^c   Gallagher, Michela ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Interneuron; Levetiracetam; Neuropeptide Y; Somatostatin; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOMATOSTATIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; LEVETIRACETAM; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOMATOSTATIN; STEREOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL COUNT; COGNITION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PERFUSION; PIRACETAM; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 84883004035     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23367     Document Type: Article

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