Further developments in the measurement of working memory in rodents

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 205-213

  Pontecorvo, Michael J ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^b   Steckler, Thomas ^b,c  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Matching; Non matching; Rat; Recognition memory; Signal detection theory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMATION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029893207     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-6410(96)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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