Age effect on olfactory discrimination in a non-human primate, Microcebus murinus

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1045-1049

  Joly, Marine ^a   Deputte, Bertrand ^b   Verdier, Jean Michel ^a  

^a University of Montpellier   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Microcebus murinus; Olfactory discrimination; Primate

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEIROGALEIDAE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SMELL;

EID: 33646497691     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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