Functional networks involved in spatial learning strategies in middle-aged rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-353

  Begega, A ^a   Cuesta, M ^a   Rubio, S ^b   Mendez M ^a   Santin L J ^c   Arias, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain networks; Limbic system; Principal Component Analysis; Spatial learning; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE NET; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859158550     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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