An olfactory discrimination procedure for mice

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-318

  Mihalick, Sheila M ^a   Langlois, Jason C ^b   Krienke, Jason D ^b   Dube, William V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Digging; Discrimination reversal; Mice; Olfactory discrimination; Pahenu2 mice; Phenylketonuria; Swiss Webster mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CACAO; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENETICS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; ODOR; PHENYLKETONURIA;

ANIMALS; CACAO; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTIVATION; ODORS; PHENYLKETONURIAS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SMELL;

EID: 0034181744     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2000.73-305     Document Type: Article

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