Assessing cognitive functions in tree shrews: Visuo-spatial and spatial learning in the home cage

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 35-40

  Ohl, Frauke ^a   Oitzl, Melly S ^b   Fuchs, Eberhard ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Holeboard; Stress; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; EXERCISE TEST; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TUPAIA;

EID: 0032101129     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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