Alzheimer's disease and eyeblink conditioning: 750 ms trace vs. 400 ms delay paradigm

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 397-404

  Woodruff Pak, Diana S ^a   Papka, Michelle ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; classical conditioning; diagnosis; hippocampus; learning; memory; neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029940445     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(96)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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