Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 125-134 , January 2003

Impairment in abstraction and set shifting in aged Rhesus monkeys

  • Tara L Moore

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, W-701 Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-617-638-4054; fax: +1-617-638-4922.
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  • Ronald J Killiany

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, W-701 Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • ,
  • James G Herndon

      Affiliations

    • Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    • ,
  • Douglas L Rosene

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, W-701 Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    • ,
  • Mark B Moss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, W-701 Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

Received 10 September 2001 ,Revised 1 April 2002 ,Accepted 1 April 2002.

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Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 125-134 , January 2003

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