| Literature DB >> 12883553 |
Thomas Blank1, Ingrid Nijholt, Min-Jeong Kye, Jelena Radulovic, Joachim Spiess.
Abstract
Cognitive deficits are among the most devastating changes associated with the aging process. Age-related decrement in performance on learning tasks is correlated with substantial changes in neuronal signal processing in the hippocampus. Here we show that elevated expression of small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (SK channels) of the SK3 type in hippocampi of aged mice contributes to reduced long-term potentiation (LTP) and impaired trace fear conditioning, a hippocampus-dependent learning task.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12883553 DOI: 10.1038/nn1101
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884