Plasticity II:
Aging & memory

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16_01.
Hippocampal slice &
recording sites 		16_02
Short- but not long-
term potentiation 		16_03
Post-synaptic
excitability changes 		16_04
Aging &
human lifespan
Aging hypotheses
Hypotheses purporting
to explain aging 		Kandel, Figs. 58-2,3,4,5,6,7
Dementia &
Alzheimer's disease 		16_07
Aging & post-
synaptic excitability 		16_08
Ca2+ channel blockers
restore excitability in vitro
16_09
Ca2+ channel blockers
restore excitability in vivo 		Fig. 26.8
Ca2+ channel blockers
restore learning in aging 		16_11
Calcium hypothesis
of aging
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