Aging in Rhesus Macaques Is Associated With Changes in Novelty Preference and Altered Saccade Dynamics

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1328-1342

  Insel, Nathan ^a   Ruiz Luna, María Luisa ^a   Permenter, Michelle ^b   Vogt, Julie ^b   Erickson, Cynthia A ^b   Barnes, Carol A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; attention; novelty; recognition memory; saccades

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIARIZATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NOVELTY PREFERENCE; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SACCADES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049114381     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012928     Document Type: Article

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