Adult but not aged C57BL/6 male mice are capable of using geometry for orientation

Learning and Memory

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-481

  Fellini, Laetitia ^a   Schachner, Melitta ^a   Morellini, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33746620977     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.259206     Document Type: Article

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