Effects of aging and hypertension on learning, memory, and activity in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-345

  Meneses, Alfredo ^a,c   Castillo, Carlos ^b   Ibarra, Maximiliano ^a   Hong, Enrique ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aging; Autoshaping; Hypertension; Learning; Rats; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYPERTENSION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030221282     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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