| Title | Age-related declines in a two-day reference memory task are associated with changes in NMDA receptor subunits in mice. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | Magnusson, KR, Scruggs, B, Zhao, X, Hammersmark, R |
| Journal | BMC neuroscience |
| Volume | 8 |
| Pagination | 43 |
| Date Published | 2007 |
| Keywords | Synaptosomes |
| Abstract | C57BL/6 mice show a relationship during aging between NMDA receptor expression and spatial reference memory performance in a 12-day task. The present study was designed to determine if age-related deficits could be detected with a shorter testing protocol and whether these deficits showed a relationship with NMDA receptors. Mice were trained in a reference memory task for two days in a Morris water maze. Cued testing was performed either after or prior to reference memory testing. Crude synaptosomes were prepared from prefrontal/frontal cortex and hippocampus of the mice that underwent reference memory testing first. NMDA receptor subunit and syntaxin proteins were analyzed with Western blotting.
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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