Strain distribution of mice in discriminated Y-maze avoidance learning: Genetic and procedural differences

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-102

  Heyser, Charles J ^a   McDonald, Jeffrey S ^b   Polis, Ilham Y ^b   Gold, Lisa H ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033037705     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.1.91     Document Type: Article

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