Structural-functional correlates of neuroprotection in the aging rabbit by a calcium channel blocker. Nimodipine reverses neocortical dendritic atrophy and improves memory retention

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1995 Sep 15:765:312-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb16596.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aging / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Atrophy
  • Blinking / drug effects
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / pharmacology*
  • Dendrites / drug effects*
  • Dendrites / pathology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Golgi Apparatus / drug effects
  • Golgi Apparatus / pathology
  • Memory / drug effects*
  • Memory / physiology
  • Neuroprotective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Nimodipine / pharmacology*
  • Parietal Lobe / drug effects
  • Parietal Lobe / growth & development*
  • Parietal Lobe / pathology
  • Rabbits

Substances

  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Nimodipine