Place and matching-to-place spatial learning affected by rat inbreeding (Dark-Agouti, Fischer 344) and albinism (Wistar, Sprague-Dawley) but not domestication (wild rat vs. Long-Evans, Fischer-Norway)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 467-477

  Troy Harker, K ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b NeuroDetective Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Domestication; Learning and memory; Matching to place; Morris water task; Place; Spatial navigation; Strain differences; Wild rat

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTICATION; ETHOLOGY; INBRED STRAIN; INBREEDING; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TEMPERAMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT STRAIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WILD ANIMAL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, WILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUES; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWIMMING; VISUAL ACUITY; ANIMALS;

EID: 0037151311     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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