Spatial learning in a Z-maze by cerebellar mutant mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-86

  Lalonde, Robert ^a,b   Filali, M ^a   Bensoula, A N ^a   Monnier, C ^a   Guastavino, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellar mutants; Cerebellum; Maze; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SWIMMING;

EID: 0030058272     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02041-1     Document Type: Article

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