Maternal separation impairs long term-potentiation in CA1-CA3 synapses and hippocampal-dependent memory in old rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1680-1685

  Sousa, Vasco C ^a,b   Vital, Joana ^a   Costenla, Ana Rita ^a   Batalha, Vânia L ^a   Sebastião, Ana M ^a   Ribeiro, Joaquim A ^a   Lopes, Luísa V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampus; LTP; Maternal separation; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUP (RODENT); RAT; SYNAPSE;

AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LTP; MATERNAL SEPARATION; MEMORY; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA2 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; FEMALE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84903371199     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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