Are age-related deficits in balance performance mediated by time of day in a prosimian primate (Microcebus murinus)?

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 841-848

  Némoz Bertholet, Florence ^a   Menaker, Michael ^b   Aujard, Fabienne ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Mouse lemur; Primate; Rectal temperature; Rotarod test

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GROUPS BY AGE; MALE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHOTOPERIOD;

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

EID: 2342476560     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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