Correlations among central serotonergic parameters and age-related emotional and cognitive changes assessed through the elevated T-maze and the Morris water maze

Age

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-196

  Oliveira, Luciana ^a   Graeff, Frederico G ^b   Pereira, Silvia R C ^a   Oliveira Silva, Ieda F ^a   Franco, Glaura C ^a   Ribeiro, Angela Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognition; Elevated T maze; Emotion; Morris water maze; Rats; Serotonergic parameters

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MORRIS WATER MAZE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; T MAZE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 77953028411     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-009-9123-2     Document Type: Article

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