Characterizing cognitive aging of associative memory in animal models

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Engle, James R ^a,b   Barnes, Carol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cognitive assessment battery; Delay conditioning; Optimization; Trace conditioning

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; EYELID REFLEX; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS;

EID: 84870501660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2012.00010     Document Type: Article

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