Automated measurement of freezing time to contextual and auditory cues in fear conditioning as a simple screening method to assess learning and memory abilities in rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-61

  Takahashi, Hiroaki ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automated measurement; Freezing; Learning and memory; Trimethyltin

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLTIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTOANALYSIS; BODY MOVEMENT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FREEZING; IMMOBILIZATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; RAT; RECORDING; SCREENING TEST; SENSOR; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642504388     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.29.53     Document Type: Article

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