Does the radial arm maze necessarily test spatial memory?

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-117

  Dubreuil, Diane ^a   Tixier, Céline ^a   Dutrieux, Gérard ^a   Edeline, Jean Marc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Clockwise; Confinement; Delay; Radial arm maze; Rat; Spatial learning; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037227361     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7427(02)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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