Age-related impairments of new memories reflect failures of learning, not retention

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 590-594

  Matzel, Louis D ^a   Wass, Christopher ^a   Kolata, Stefan ^a   Light, Kenneth ^a   Colas, Danielle C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70349661683     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1503209     Document Type: Article

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