Visual detection, pattern discrimination and visual acuity in 14 strains of mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 389-403

  Wong, A A ^a   Brown, R E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mice; Pattern discrimination; Strain differences; Visual ability; Visual acuity; Visual detection; Visual water box

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; SWIMMING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33745726998     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2005.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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