Effects of aging on the acquisition and extinction of excitatory conditioning in Drosophila melanogaster

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-211

  Fresquet, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Central Excitatory State; Fruitflies; Pavlovian conditioning; Proboscis Extension Response; Pseudoconditioning

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXCITATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0032788417     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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