Reliability, distribution, and validity of age-related cognitive deficits in the Morris water maze

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-220

  Lindner, Mark D ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031281862     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1997.3782     Document Type: Article

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