Dendritic spine changes associated with normal aging

Neuroscience

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-32

  Dickstein, D L ^a   Weaver, C M ^a,b   Luebke, J I ^a,c   Hof, P R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Dendritic spines; Electrophysiology; Morphology

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGING; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCORTEX; SYNAPSE;

AGING; CAMP; CHAT; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; CYCLIC-AMP; DELAYED NON-MATCHING-TO-SAMPLE; DELAYED RECOGNITION SPAN TEST; DENDRITIC SPINES; DENTATE GYRUS; DG; DNMS; DRST; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS; HCN; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED; MORPHOLOGY; N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; NMDA; OVARIECTOMIZED; OVX; PFC; PKC; POSTSYNAPTIC CURRENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN KINASE C; PSCS; SAMP; SENESCENCE-PRONE STRAINS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 84884284902     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.077     Document Type: Review

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