A behavioral study of temporal processing and visual persistence in young and aged rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1273-1279

  Ison, James R ^a   Bowen, G Peter ^a   Cerro, Manuel Del ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; VISION;

EID: 0031772581     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.5.1273     Document Type: Article

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