Ventromedial prefrontal cortex stimulation enhances memory and hippocampal neurogenesis in the middle-aged rats

eLife

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Albert ^a   Jain, Neeraj ^a   Vyas, Ajai ^a   Lim, Lee Wei ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SUNWAY UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

High frequency stimulation; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Neurogenesis; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOUBLECORTIN; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TIMP METALLOPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GOLGI STAIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; ONCOGENE C FOS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 85003047471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.04803     Document Type: Article

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