Rat Models of Age-Related Cognitive Decline

Handbook of Models for Human Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 379-391

  Bizon, Jennifer L ^a   Nicolle, Michelle M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369391-4/50033-3     Document Type: Chapter

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