Spatial learning in Long-Evans Hooded rats and C57BL/6J mice: Different strategies for different performance

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-29

  Cressant, Arnaud ^a   Besson, Morgane ^b   Suarez, Sandra ^b   Cormier, Anne ^b   Granon, Sylvie ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Crossmaze; Exploration; Food reward; Mice; Rat; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845994056     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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