Life-long diet restriction failed to retard cognitive aging in Fischer-344 rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-189

  Markowska, Alicja L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive enhancers; Diet restriction; Memory

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; ENERGY INTAKE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SWIMMING; TIME;

EID: 0032856356     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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