Age-related changes in place learning for adjacent and separate locations

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2304-2309

  Gracian, Enrique I ^a   Shelley, Laura E ^a   Morris, Andrea M ^b   Gilbert, Paul E ^a,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampus; Interference; Pattern separation; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERFERENCE; PATTERN SEPARATION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84879888831     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.03.033     Document Type: Article

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