Long-term enhancement of maze learning in mice via a generalized Mozart effect

Neurological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 791-796

  Aoun, Peter ^a   Jones, Timothy ^a   Shaw, Gordon L ^a   Bodner, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical column; EEG; Epilepsy; fMRI; Trion model of cortex

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERALIZED MOZART EFFECT; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MUSIC; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SPIKE; WORKING TIME;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MUSIC; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29044442851     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164105X63647     Document Type: Article

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