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IGF-1 gene therapy in aging rats modulates hippocampal genes relevant to memory function

ABSTRACT: In rats, learning and memory performance decline during normal aging, which makes this rodent species a suitable model to evaluate therapeutic strategies. In aging rats, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), is known to significantly improve spatial memory accuracy as compared to control counterparts. A constellation of gene expression changes underlie the hippocampal phenotype of aging but no studies on the effects of IGF-I on the hippocampal transcriptome of old rodents have been documented. Here, we assessed the effects of IGF-I gene therapy on spatial memory performance in old female rats and compared them with changes in the hippocampal transcriptome.

ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus

PROVIDER: GSE100021 | GEO | 2017/06/17

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA390522

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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