Short intertrial intervals impair water maze performance in old Fischer 344 rats

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Rick, John Th ^a   Murphy, M Paul ^a   Ivy, Gwen O ^a   Milgram, Norton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPACE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030058464     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.4.B253     Document Type: Article

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