Performance of mice in an automated olfactometer: Odor detection, discrimination and odor memory

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 637-645

  Bodyak, Natalya ^a   Slotnick, Burton ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SAMPLING; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032717996     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.6.637     Document Type: Article

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