Early dark rearing influences spatial performances in the radial arm maze

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 699-706

  Salami, M ^a   Aghanouri, Z ^a   Noureddini, M ^a   Rashidi, A A ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age; Reference memory; Sensory experience; Visual deprivation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 67649531315     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2008.699.706     Document Type: Article

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