What is the biological significance of an age-related increase in IL-1 beta in hippocampus?

Authors
Lynch, MA
Citation
Ma. Lynch, What is the biological significance of an age-related increase in IL-1 beta in hippocampus?, MOL PSYCHI, 4(1), 1999, pp. 15-18
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
ISSN journal
13594184 → ACNP
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
15 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-4184(199901)4:1<15:WITBSO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
An increase in the concentration of the cytokine, interleukin-lp, induced b y age or stress, markedly affects one form of synaptic plasticity, long-ter m potentiation in the dentate gyrus.