Evidence for loss of synaptic AMPA receptors in anterior piriform cortex of aged mice

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Gocel, James ^a   Larson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; AMPA; LTP; MEPSC; Mouse; Olfaction; Piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY TRACT; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 84883526679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00039     Document Type: Article

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