Visual-discrimination learning ability and β-amyloid accumulation in the dog

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 415-425

  Head, E ^a   Callahan, H ^b   Muggenburg, B A ^c   Cotman, C W ^a   Milgram, N W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Loveless Respiratory Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Long term retention; Neuropsychological approach; Object discrimination; Object preferences; Senile plaques; Size discrimination

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOG; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENILE PLAQUE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOGS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; MEMORY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVERSAL LEARNING; REWARD;

EID: 0032410562     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00084-0     Document Type: Article

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