Double dissociation of social and environmental stimulation on spatial learning and reversal learning in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-314

  Schrijver, Nicole C A ^a   Pallier, Patrick N ^b   Brown, Verity J ^b   Würbel, Hanno ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Prefrontal cortex; Rat; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942555596     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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