Two months makes a difference in spatial orientation learning in very old FBNF1 rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 659-665

  van der Staay, F Josef ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cross sectional design; Morris task; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33645955257     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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