Behavioral evaluation of visual function of rats using a visual discrimination apparatus

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 84-90

  Thomas, Biju B ^a   Samant, Deedar M ^a   Seiler, Magdalene J ^a   Aramant, Robert B ^b   Sheikholeslami, Sharzad ^a   Zhang, Kevin ^a   Chen, Zhenhai ^a   Sadda, SriniVas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Pattern detection; Retinal degeneration; Visual discrimination; Visual threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MUTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RHODOPSIN; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34047110641     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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