Abstract
Considerable evidence indicates that epinephrine regulates memory storage processing in young animals. Recent findings suggest that hyperglycemia subsequent to epinephrine release or injection may mediate the hormone's effects on memory. This paper reviews findings demonstrating that epinephrine and glucose treatments attenuate age-related memory impairments in rodents and humans. Additional results suggest that, in aged human and animal subjects, poor glucose regulation predicts memory performance of individual subjects.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 709-717 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Neurobiology of Aging |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | C |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1988 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aging, memory dysfunction
- Epinephrine, effects on memory
- Glucose regulation and memory
- Glucose, effects on memory
- Memory, neuroendocrine regulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
- Aging
- Clinical Neurology
- Developmental Biology
- Geriatrics and Gerontology