Ontogenetic differences in retention of spatial learning tested with the morris water maze

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-341

  Brown, Russell W ^a   Kraemer, Philipp J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgetting; Morris water maze; Ontogeny; Spatial learning; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); WEANING;

EID: 0031135929     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199705)30:4<329::AID-DEV6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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