Moderate, long-term, alcohol consumption, potentiates normal, age- related spatial memory deficits in rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 628-636

  Baird, T J ^a   Vanecek, S A ^a   Briscoe, R J ^a   Vallett, M ^a   Carl, K L ^a   Gauvin, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive Deficits; Ethanol; Morris Water Maze; Radial Arm Maze

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGING; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0031800436     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb04304.x     Document Type: Article

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