Age-related decline in water maze learning and memory in rats: Strain differences

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 671-681

  Wyss, J Michael ^a   Chambless, Brandon D ^a   Kadish, Inga ^b   Van Groen, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

AGING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034282323     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(00)00132-9     Document Type: Article

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