A simple computer based system to analyze Morris water maze trials on-line

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-175

  Grossmann, M ^a   Skinner, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; labview; rat; spatial memory; tracing analysis; water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030605274     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00115-X     Document Type: Article

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