The dynamics of long-term exploration in the rat: Part I. A phase-plane analysis of the relationship between location and velocity

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 423-432

  Tchernichovski, Ofer ^a,b   Benjamini, Yoav ^a   Golani, Ilan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032087417     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050446     Document Type: Article

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