Effects of chronic adult dietary restriction on spatial learning in the aged F344 × BN hybrid F1 rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 560-569

  Fitting, Sylvia ^a   Booze, Rosemarie M ^a,b   Gilbert, Candace A ^c   Mactutus, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cognition; Morris water maze; Motoric function

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 38849164910     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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