Fischer 344 and Wistar rats differ in anxiety and habituation but not in water maze performance

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-22

  Bert, Bettina ^a   Fink, Heidrun ^a   Huston, Joseph P ^b   Voits, Mechthild ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Habituation; Illumination; Learning; Memory; Open field; Rat; Strain differences; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036290569     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.2001.4040     Document Type: Article

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