Age-related learning and memory deficits in odor-reward association in rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-40

  Roman, F S ^a   Alescio Lautier, B ^a   Soumireu Mourat, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aged rat; Forgetting; Learning; Memory; Olfactory associative task

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030044136     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(95)02030-6     Document Type: Article

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