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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2019

Aged rats with preserved memory dynamically recruit hippocampal inhibition in a local/global cue mismatch environment.

Audrey Branch, Amy Monasterio, Grace Blair, James J Knierim, Michela Gallagher, Rebecca P Haberman

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Audrey BranchDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Amy MonasterioDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Grace BlairDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
James J KnierimDepartment of Neuroscience and Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Michela GallagherDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Rebecca P HabermanDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: rahabs@jhu.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTIONAL MECHANISMS OF HIPPOCAMPAL AGINGP01AG009973 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI JAMES J KNIERIM · 1991 to 2026
$52.4M
Research Training in Age-Related Cognitive DisordersT32AG027668 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MARILYN S. ALBERT · 2007 to 2026
$6.3M
Acquisition of a Carl Zeiss Lightsheet Z.1 Fluorescence MicroscopeS10OD020152 · OD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MCCAFFERY, J. MICHAEL · 2016 to 2016
$597k
Acquisition of GE Typhoon FLA9500 Variable Mode ImagerS10OD021567 · OD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MCCAFFERY, J. MICHAEL · 2017 to 2017
$147k
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG009973NIA NIH HHS T32 AG027668NIH HHS S10 OD020152NIH HHS S10 OD021567
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Similar to elderly humans, aged outbred Long-Evans rats exhibit individual differences in memory abilities, including a subset of aged rats that maintain memory function on par with young adults. Such individuals provide a basis for investigating mechanisms of resilience to age-related decline. The present study examined hippocampal gene expression in young adults and aged rats with preserved memory function under behavioral task conditions well established for assessing information processing central to the formation of episodic memory. Although behavioral measures and hippocampal gene induction associated with neural activity and synaptic plasticity were similar across age groups, a marker for inhibitory interneuron function in the hippocampal formation was distinctively increased only in aged rats but not in young adults. Because heightened hippocampal neural activity is associated with age-related memory impairment across species, including rats, monkeys, and humans, this finding may represent an adaptive homeostatic adjustment necessary to maintain neural plasticity and memory function in aging.

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CuesGene ExpressionAgingAnimalsBehavior, AnimalHippocampusInterneuronsMaleMemoryMemory DisordersNeural InhibitionNeuronal PlasticityRats, Long-EvansAgingCognitive agingCue mismatch/double rotationHippocampal computationMemory

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PMID30716540
PMCPMC6392444
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