Age-Associated Deficits in Pattern Separation Functions of the Perirhinal Cortex: A Cross-Species Consensus

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 836-847

  Burke, Sarah N ^a   Wallace, Jenelle L ^a   Hartzell, Andrea L ^a   Nematollahi, Saman ^a   Plange, Kojo ^a   Barnes, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dentate gyrus; Monkey; Object discrimination; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MACACA RADIATA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; RAT; REWARD; SPONTANEOUS OBJECT RECOGNITION; TARGET DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MACACA RADIATA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83055176994     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026238     Document Type: Article

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