A perceptual-mnemonic role for the perirhinal cortex in age-associated cogntive decline

Perirhinal cortical-dependent behavior and single-unit neuron activity in this brain region were compared between normal aged and young rats. Three different variants of the spontaneous object recognition task were used in these experiments, and the results confirmed previous reports that aged anima...

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Main Author: Burke, Sara Nicole
Other Authors: Barnes, Carol A.
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195350