Behaviorally activated mRNA expression profiles produce signatures of learning and enhanced inhibition in aged rats with preserved memory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Haberman, Rebecca P ^a   Colantuoni, Carlo ^b   Koh, Ming Teng ^a   Gallagher, Michela ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APP GENE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXPERIENCE; GABBR1 GENE; GABBR2 GENE; GABRA1 GENE; GABRA2 GENE; GABRA4 GENE; GABRA5 GENE; GABRB1 GENE; GABRB2 GENE; GABRB3 GENE; GABRG1 GENE; GABRG2 GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84892494656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083674     Document Type: Article

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