The mouse attentional-set-shifting task: A method for assaying successful cognitive aging?

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-251

  Young, Jared W ^a   Powell, Susan B ^a   Geyer, Mark A ^a   Jeste, Dilip V ^a   Risbrough, Victoria B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; C57BL MOUSE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955888841     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.10.2.243     Document Type: Article

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