Open-field Δ-ambulation as a selection tool for bidirectional responses in maze learning in Mus musculus L.

Psychobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Ewalds Kvist, S BÉATRICE M ^a   Selander, Ritva Kajsa ^a   Kvist, MÅRTEN O R ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0032916482     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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