Repeated acquisition and the assessment of centrally acting compounds

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 183-191

  Cohn, Jeffrey ^a   MacPhail, Robert C ^b   Paule, Merle G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Method; Repeated acquisition

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029941079     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-6410(96)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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