Trace eyeblink conditioning in rabbits demonstrates heterogeneity of learning ability both between and within age groups

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 619-629

  Thompson, Lucien T ^a   Mover Jr , James R ^a,b   Disterhoft, John F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Aging; Associative trace eyeblink conditioning; Behavioral heterogeneity; Learning criteria; Severity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029787589     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(96)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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