Delayed non-matching to position performance in aged hybrid Fischer 344 × Brown Norway rats: A longitudinal study

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Blokland, Arjan ^a   Şik, Ayhan ^b   Van Der Staay, F Josef ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age related; Aging; Delayed non matching to position; Longitudinal; Memory

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CHIMERA; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242685152     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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