Statistical discrimination of natural modes of motion in rat exploratory behavior

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-131

  Drai, Dan ^a   Benjamini, Yoav ^a   Golani, Ilan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Computerized tracking; Locomotion; Locomotor behavior; Pathway analysis; Phenotyping mouse behavior; Place fields; Saltatory search; Spatial memory; Stopping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODEL; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0034654483     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00194-6     Document Type: Article

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