Differential learning-related changes in theta activity during place learning in young and old rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 555-562

  Olvera Cortés, María Esther ^a,b   García Alcántar, Iván ^a   Gutiérrez Guzmán, Blanca ^a   Hernández Pérez, J Jesús ^a   López Vázquez, Miguel ángel ^a   Cervantes, Miguel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aging; CA1; Egocentric and allocentric strategies; Hippocampus; Place learning; Theta activity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PLACE LEARNING; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; SWIMMING; TRAINING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 81355142085     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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