BALB/c mice are not so bad in the Morris water maze

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 115-118

  Chapillon, Pierre ^a   Debouzie, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

BALB c; Lighting condition; Morris water maze; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN; NEON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ILLUMINATION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034694902     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00292-8     Document Type: Article

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