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SUBMITTER: Yu XW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5214885 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Xiao-Wen XW Curlik Daniel M DM Oh M Matthew MM Yin Jerry Cp JC Disterhoft John F JF
eLife 20170104
The molecular mechanisms underlying age-related cognitive deficits are not yet fully elucidated. In aged animals, a decrease in the intrinsic excitability of CA1 pyramidal neurons is believed to contribute to age-related cognitive impairments. Increasing activity of the transcription factor cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) in young adult rodents facilitates cognition, and increases intrinsic excitability. However, it has yet to be tested if increasing CREB expression also ameliorates ...[more]