Spatial and emotional memory in aged rats: A behavioral-statistical analysis

Neuroscience

Volumn 172, Issue , 2011, Pages 256-269

  Bergado, J A ^a   Almaguer, W ^a   Rojas, Y ^b   Capdevila, V ^b   Frey, J U ^c  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS Y PRECLÍNICAS VICTORIA DE GIRÓN   (Cuba)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion; Emotional memory; Memory; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAUSALITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOOD DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 78650719643     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.064     Document Type: Article

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