Design considerations in the use of behavioral test batteries for the detection of CNS dysfunction in laboratory animals

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 227-233

  Vorhees, Charles V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal testing; Animal tests for mental retardation; Behavioral tests; Test batteries; Tests of learning and memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044470061     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1996)2:4<227::AID-MRDD6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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