Classic conditioning in aged rabbits: Delay, trace, and long-delay conditioning

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 427-435

  Solomon, Paul R ^a   Groccia Ellison, Maryellen ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLINKING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; RABBITS;

EID: 0030006439     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.3.427     Document Type: Article

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