Electrical stimulation of the septal region of aged rats improves performance in an open-field maze

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1279-1282

  Jiang, F ^a   Racine, R ^a   Turnbull, J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged rats; Learning; Septal stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0030699989     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00306-5     Document Type: Article

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