title: NMDA receptor-independent long-term depression correlates with successful aging in rats.
abstract: Some individuals maintain high cognitive functioning at older ages. Here we show that mechanisms for long-term depression differ in aged rodents that maintain cognitive performance compared to young adults. Our results imply that cognitive abilities may be sustained in aged individuals by a switch in synaptic plasticity mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, The Mind/Brain Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
authors.forename: Hey-Kyoung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sun Seek
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirkwood
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D036881:Long-Term Synaptic Depression / Q000502:physiology*; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D010738:Type C Phospholipases