Reduced visual acuity impairs place but not cued learning in the Morris water task

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-140

  Prusky, Glen T ^a   West, Paul W R ^a   Douglas, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cued; Landmark; Place; Rat; Spatial learning; Visual acuity; Visual deprivation; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034610503     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00267-9     Document Type: Article

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