The fuzzy-boundary arena-A method for constraining an animal's range in spatial experiments without using walls

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-190

  Hayman, R M A ^a   Donnett, J G ^b   Jeffery, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Axona Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exploration; Foraging; Hippocampus; Place cells; Rat; Spatial cognition; Spatial reinforcement; Virtual cues

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FORAGING; FUZZY BOUNDARY ARENA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FUZZY LOGIC; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; RATS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36849061193     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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