Exploration in outbred mice covaries with general learning abilities irrespective of stress reactivity, emotionality, and physical attributes

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-240

  Matzel, Louis D ^a   Townsend, David A ^a   Grossman, Henya ^a   Han, Yu Ray ^a   Hale, Gregory ^a   Zappulla, Melissa ^a   Light, Kenneth ^a   Kolata, Stefan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploratory behaviors; Fear; Individual differences; Intelligence; Learning; Novelty seeking; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FITNESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OUTBREEDING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CORTICOSTERONE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33747852584     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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