Effects of the size of the Morris water tank on spatial discrimination learning in the CFW1 mouse

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 599-602

  Van Der Staay, F J ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morris water escape task; Mouse; Pool size; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034095123     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00236-X     Document Type: Article

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