Normal aging does not impair orbitofrontal-dependent reinforcer devaluation effects

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Singh, Teghpal ^a   Jones, Joshua L ^a   Mcdannald, Michael A ^a   Haney, Richard Z ^a   Cerri, Domenic Hayden ^a   Schoenbaum, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Associative learning; Devaluation; Orbitofrontal; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955179117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2011.00004     Document Type: Article

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