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Transcription profiling of rat hippocampus samples from animals aged 4, 14 and 24 months

ABSTRACT: Male Fischer 344 rats aged 4 months (young, n=10), 14 months (mid-aged, n=10), and 24 months (aged, n=10) were trained sequentially on two tasks: Morris Spatial Water Maze (SWM) and Object Memory Task (OMT). The training/testing sequence lasted 7 d, and hippocampal tissue was collected 24 hr later. Training and testing occured on each day except for days 2 and 3 of the 7 d sequence. (01/10/05: Series was updated to correct mislabeling of all sample signal values within the Young Treatment Group)

ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus

SUBMITTER: Eric Blalock

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-854 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Gene microarrays in hippocampal aging: statistical profiling identifies novel processes correlated with cognitive impairment.

Blalock Eric M EM Chen Kuey-Chu KC Sharrow Keith K Herman James P JP Porter Nada M NM Foster Thomas C TC Landfield Philip W PW

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20030501 9

Gene expression microarrays provide a powerful new tool for studying complex processes such as brain aging. However, inferences from microarray data are often hindered by multiple comparisons, small sample sizes, and uncertain relationships to functional endpoints. Here we sought gene expression correlates of aging-dependent cognitive decline, using statistical profiling of gene microarrays in well powered groups of young, mid-aged, and aged rats (n = 10 per group). Animals were trained on two m ...[more]

PMID: 12736351

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Transcription profiling of rat hippocampus samples from animals aged 4, 14 and 24 months

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Gene microarrays in hippocampal aging: statistical profiling identifies novel processes correlated with cognitive impairment.

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