Changes in behaviors of male C57BL/6J mice across adult life span and effects of dietary restriction

Age

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1435-1452

  Fahlström, Andreas ^a   Zeberg, Hugo ^a   Ulfhake, Brun ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calorie restriction; Cognition; Gender; Memory; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; LATENT PERIOD; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERMAL STIMULATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CALORIC INTAKE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HAND STRENGTH; LONGEVITY; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HAND STRENGTH; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84876500657     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9320-7     Document Type: Article

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