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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-29
pubmed:abstractText
Aged rats are known to have deficits in spatial learning behavior in the Morris water maze. We have found that aged rats also have deficits in NR2B protein expression and that the protein expression deficit is correlated with their performance in the Morris water maze. To test whether this NR2B deficit was sufficient to account for the behavioral deficit, we used antisense oligonucleotides to specifically knock down NR2B subunit expression in the hippocampus of young rats. NR2B antisense treatment diminished NMDA receptor responses, abolished NMDA-dependent long-term potentiation (LTP), and impaired spatial learning. These data demonstrate the important role of NR2B in LTP and learning and memory and suggest a role for reduced NR2B expression in age-related cognitive decline.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3628-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Calcium Channel Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Catheterization, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Kynurenic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Long-Term Potentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Oligonucleotides, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Rats, Inbred F344, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:11978838-Spermine
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
A hippocampal NR2B deficit can mimic age-related changes in long-term potentiation and spatial learning in the Fischer 344 rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Scientist Training Program, Neuroscience Program, and Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro