Latent learning of spatial information is impaired in middle-aged rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-315

  Stouffer, Eric M ^a   Heisey, Jamie L ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impairment; Incidental learning; Latent learning; Middle age; Rat; Spatial

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CUES; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84875373418     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21021     Document Type: Article

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