A computerized system for the simultaneous monitoring of place conditioning and locomotor activity in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-232

  Brockwell, Neil T ^a   Ferguson, D Stephen ^a   Beninger, Richard J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

(+) Amphetamine; Conditioned place preference; Experiment controller; Locomotor activity; Place conditioning

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029946079     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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