Good things come to those who wait: Attenuated discounting of delayed rewards in aged Fischer 344 rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 853-862

  Simon, Nicholas W ^a   LaSarge, Candi L ^a   Montgomery, Karienn S ^a   Williams, Matthew T ^a   Mendez, Ian A ^a   Setlow, Barry ^a   Bizon, Jennifer L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Choice; Decision making; Delay discounting; Impulsivity; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FISCHER 344 RAT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950545392     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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