Special behavioral paradigms in animals to study age-related changes in memory.
Animal models are important to understand age-related changes in humans. However, the models do not always agree about the effects of aging on memory, and some of the results with animals are different from those with humans. Points of similarity and difference are discussed, indicating some directions for future research.
Albert
M S
MS
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012107:Research Design