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Behavioral differences between outbred Wistar, inbred Fischer 344, brown Norway, and hybrid Fischer 344 x brown Norway rats.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Jul 1996
van der Staay F J, Blokland A
Abstract excerpt
Age differences in cognition have been found in many learning and memory tasks. These age-related cognitive deficits are at least partially caused by pathologic changes that accompany aging. Therefore, it might be advantageous to select a particular rat strain to study the age-associated decrements in cognitive performance. This strain should show "healthy" aging, and its age-related pathologies should be well...
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