Evidence that Ames dwarf mice age differently from their normal siblings in behavioral and learning and memory parameters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 277-284

  Kinney, B A ^a   Meliska, C J ^a   Steger, R W ^a   Bartke, A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Cognitive aging; Dwarf mice; Growth hormone; Growth hormone deficiency; Inhibitory avoidance; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LONGEVITY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034966342     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1654     Document Type: Article

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