Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6275990 Neuroscience 2011 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
▶Orexin/hypocretin inputs to the medial septum and hippocampus modulate behavioral arousal and performance on hippocampal-dependent cognitive tasks. ▶Aging is associated with reduced orexin/hypocretin innervation of medial septum and hippocampus. ▶Aged rats showed alterations in orexin/hypocretin modulation of hippocampal glutamate and GABA efflux. ▶Changes in orexin/hypocretin signaling may contribute to age-related impairments in arousal and memory consolidation.
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