Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 32, Issue 8 , Pages 1495-1504 , August 2011

Reduced serine racemase expression contributes to age-related deficits in hippocampal cognitive function

  • F.R. Turpin

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, INSERM, UMR 894, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Paris, F-75014, France
    • INSERM U862, Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, F-33077, France
    • Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, F-33077, France
    • ,
  • B. Potier

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, INSERM, UMR 894, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Paris, F-75014, France
    • ,
  • J.R. Dulong

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U862, Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, F-33077, France
    • Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, F-33077, France
    • ,
  • P.-M. Sinet

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, INSERM, UMR 894, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Paris, F-75014, France
    • ,
  • J. Alliot

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie du Vieillissement, Complexe Scientifique des Cézeaux, Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière, F-63177, France
    • ,
  • S.H.R. Oliet

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U862, Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, F-33077, France
    • Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, F-33077, France
    • ,
  • P. Dutar

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, INSERM, UMR 894, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Paris, F-75014, France
    • ,
  • J. Epelbaum

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, INSERM, UMR 894, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Paris, F-75014, France
    • ,
  • J.-P. Mothet

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U862, Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, F-33077, France
    • Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, F-33077, France
    • ,
  • J.-M. Billard

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, INSERM, UMR 894, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Paris, F-75014, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, U894, Faculté de médecine, Université Paris Descartes, 2 ter rue d’Alésia, 75014, Paris, France. Tel.: +33 1 40 78 86 47; fax: +33 1 45 80 72 93.

Received 15 May 2009 ,Revised 25 August 2009 ,Accepted 6 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.09.001

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 32, Issue 8 , Pages 1495-1504 , August 2011

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