Spatial reference memory in normal aging Fischer 344× Brown Norway F1 hybrid rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 323-333

  McQuail, Joseph A ^a   Nicolle, Michelle M ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Hybrid rat; Individual differences; Normal aging; Procedural learning; Retention; Spatial reference memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FISCHER/BROWN NORWAY RAT; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ASSOCIATION; FISCHER 344 RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CUES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84920618334     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.06.030     Document Type: Article

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