Zusammenfassung Sowohl Rodentien als auch Menschen weisen im Alter interindividuelle
Differenzen auf, die im Vergleich zu jüngeren Populationen stark ausgeprägt sind und sich …

Aged populations have remarkable variability in recent memory and cognitive mapping.
Although some individuals may have substantial age-related impairments, others perform …

Certain guidelines may exist for selecting and using rodent models for aging research.
These are based, however, on only operational criteria because we presently lack good …

Every living organism is affected by changes as a consequence of aging. Perhaps the most
appropriate concept to describe age-related changes is that of 'functional age'. Laboratory …

The goal of this experiment was to determine the correlations among different behavioral
and neurobiological measures in aged rats. Aged Sprague-Dawley rats were given a battery …

Demente Patienten leiden unter eine Reihe funktioneller Störungen des zentralen
Nervensystems. So wird die Verminderung der kognitiven Leistungsfähigkeit (Lernen …

Multiple rat strains have been used for behavioral tests of cognitive function. This chapter
will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of commonly used rat strains in aging …

Abstract C57BL/6J mice, representing four divergent age groups (ranging from 3 months to
31 months) were each tested on a number of behavioral procedures, selected to sample a …

BAXTER and Gallagher (1) have provided a brief review of approaches that can be takert to
link individual differences in the behavioral performance of aged rodents to possible …

Laboratory rats and mice have long been considered to be convenient models for the study
of aging in various mammalian systems. With regard to functions of the central nervous …