Age-related differences in behavior across the life span of the C57BL/6J mouse

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 427-451

  Dean, Reginald L ^a   Scozzafava, Joseph ^a   Allen Goas, J ^a   Regan, Barbara ^a   Beer, Bernard ^a   Bartus, Raymond T ^a  

^a WYETH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

AGING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLES; PAIN; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0019841153     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610738108259823     Document Type: Article

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