Habituation and memorization of spatial objects' configurations in mice from weaning to adulthood

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Chapillon, P ^a,b   Roullet, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

C57BL 6; Development; Habituation; Memorization; Mice; Spatial objects configuration

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030946991     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00760-7     Document Type: Article

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