The three-panel runway maze adapted to Microcebus murinus reveals age-related differences in memory and perseverance performances

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-106

  Trouche, Stéphanie G ^a,b,c   Maurice, Tangui ^a,b,c   Rouland, Sylvie ^a,b,c   Verdier, Jean Michel ^a,b,c   Mestre Francés, Nadine ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Primates; Three panel runway test; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PROSIMIAN; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; CHEIROGALEIDAE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME; VISION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CHEIROGALEIDAE; COHORT STUDIES; CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953542624     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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