A computer vision-based automated Figure-8 maze for working memory test in rodents

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 10-16

  Pedigo, Samuel F ^a   Song, Eun Young ^b   Jung, Min Whan ^b   Kim, Jeansok J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automation; Learning; Maze; Prefrontal cortex; Rodents; Timing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HABITUATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WORKING MEMORY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RUNNING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33747184853     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.01.029     Document Type: Article

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