Physical activity and balance performance as a function of age in a prosimian primate (Microcebus murinus)

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-414

  Némoz Bertholet, Florence ^a   Aujard, Fabienne ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Exploratory behaviors; Locomotion; Mouse lemur; Open field test; Primate

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; JUMPING; LATENT PERIOD; LIFESPAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SMELLING; VISION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; LATENCY PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0037380846     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(02)00244-9     Document Type: Article

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