Behavioral model for assessing cognitive decline

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 829, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-153

  Guidi, Michael ^a   Foster, Thomas C ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Memory; Sensory motor; Spatial water maze; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84856351691     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-458-2_8     Document Type: Article

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