Motor memory preservation in aged monkeys mirrors that of aged humans on a similar task

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1556-1562

  Walton, Ashley ^a   Scheib, Jami L ^a   McLean, Sheila ^a   Zhang, Zhiming ^a   Grondin, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Motor decline; Motor memory; Rhesus monkeys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACACA MULATTA; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49149103217     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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