Trace fear conditioning is reduced in the aging rat

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-76

  McEchron, Matthew D ^a   Cheng, Alex Y ^a   Gilmartin, Marieke R ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING; HEARING ACUITY; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REACTION TIME;

EID: 4043099656     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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