Stochastic cortical neurodynamics underlying the memory and cognitive changes in aging

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 150-161

  Rolls, Edmund T ^a,b   Deco, Gustavo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Cortical attractor networks; Memory; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONDUCTANCE; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPIKE WAVE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SYNAPSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84921462147     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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