T-maze alternation in the rodent

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-12

  Deacon, Robert M J ^a   Rawlins, J Nicholas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAZE TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; RODENT;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAZE LEARNING; REWARD; RODENTIA;

EID: 33947668266     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.2     Document Type: Article

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