Assessing cognitive function in animal models of mental retardation

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 216-226

  Strupp, Barbara J ^a   Diamond, Adele ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Behavioral teratology; Inhibition; Lead poisoning; Memory; PKU; Prefrontal cortex; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343781679     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1996)2:4<216::AID-MRDD5>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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