Emergence of a Cue Strategy Preference on the Water Maze Task in Aged C57B6 × SJL F1 Hybrid Mice

Learning and Memory

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 520-524

  Nicolle, Michelle M ^a   Prescott, Sonya ^a   Bizon, Jennifer L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYBRID; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SPACE PERCEPTION; WATER;

EID: 0345060294     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.64803     Document Type: Article

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