Recognition memory span in rhesus monkeys of advanced age

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-19

  Moss, Mark B ^a   Killiany, Ronald J ^b   Lai, Zona C ^b   Rosene, Douglas L ^b   Herndon, James G ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; delayed recognition span; memory; memory span; monkey; spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RHESUS MONKEY;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031039712     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(96)00211-4     Document Type: Article

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