Psychomotor and spatial memory performance in aging male fischer 344 rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 615-624

  Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^a   Mouzakis, George ^a   Joseph, James A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Cognitive behavior; Cross sectional study; Learning; Morris water maze; Motor behavior

Indexed keywords

MARTES PENNANTI;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISCHER 344 RAT; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; REACTION TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032164057     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(98)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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