Caloric restriction and spatial learning in old mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 541-547

  Bellush, Linda L ^a   Wright, Aimee M ^a   Walker, Jon P ^a   Kopchick, John ^a   Colvin, Robert A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric restriction; Morris water maze; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0030220649     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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