Does the learning deficit observed under an incremental repeated acquisition schedule of reinforcement in Ts65Dn mice, a model for Down syndrome, change as they age?

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-142

  Sanders, Nichole C ^a   Williams, D Keith ^a   Wenger, Galen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Down syndrome; Incremental repeated acquisition; Learning; Life span; Mice; Operant conditioning; Ts65Dn

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN SYNDROME; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 67349186851     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.04.031     Document Type: Article

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