Age-related defects in sensorimotor activity, spatial learning, and memory in c57bl/6 mice

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 214-219

  Barreto, George ^a   Huang, Ting Ting ^b   Giffard, Rona G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; behavior; C57BL 6 mice; memory; postoperative cognitive dysfunction; sensorimotor; spatial learning

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TRAINING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954088569     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181d56c98     Document Type: Article

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