The sliding window correlation procedure for detecting hidden correlations: Existence of behavioral subgroups illustrated with aged rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-137

  Schulz, Daniela ^a   Huston, Joseph P ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Conflict behavior; Correlation analysis; Individual differences; Learning and memory; Light dark chamber; Open field exploration; Water maze

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE REACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0037114658     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00224-8     Document Type: Article

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