Behavioral and neurochemical alterations induced by reversible conductive hearing loss in aged male rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Drago, F ^a   Musco, S ^a   Nardo, L ^a   Valerio, C ^a   Grassi, M ^a   Rampello, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

auditory deficit; cognitive function; hearing loss; learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HEARING LOSS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030026647     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12369-7     Document Type: Article

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