Spatial decisions in rats based on the geometry of computer-generated patterns

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 394, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-215

  Nekovarova, Tereza ^a   Bures, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Computer monitor; Geometric configuration; Navigation; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GEOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CUES; DECISION MAKING; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 31344443965     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.10.041     Document Type: Article

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