Factor analysis of attentional set-shifting performance in young and aged mice

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tanaka, Shoji ^a   Young, Jared W ^b   Gresack, Jodi E ^b   Geyer, Mark A ^b   Risbrough, Victoria B ^b  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL SET SHIFTING PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80051587708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-7-33     Document Type: Article

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