Learning and memory as a function of age in Down syndrome: A study using animal-based tasks

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 443-453

  Nelson, Linda ^a   Johnson, Julene K ^b   Freedman, Morris ^c   Lott, Ira ^a   Groot, Jantje ^a   Chang, Marisa ^a   Milgram, Norton William ^d   Head, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Animal models; Comparative neuropsychology; Dementia; Learning; Memory; Non match to sample; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 15744382710     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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