Hippocampal age differences reoccur after modification of stimulus configurations in rabbit jaw movement conditioning

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-281

  Seager, M A ^a   Borgnis, R L ^a,b   Berry, S D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; CA1; Classical conditioning; Hippocampus; Jaw movement; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; JAW MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HIPPOCAMPUS; JAW; MOVEMENT; RABBITS;

EID: 0031826807     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00061-X     Document Type: Article

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