Age and stress history effects on spatial performance in a swim task in Fischer-344 rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Mabry, T R ^a   McCarty, R ^a   Gold, P E ^a   Foster, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0029946934     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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