Novel behavioral tasks for studying spatial cognition in rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2008, Pages

  Klement, Daniel ^a   Blahna, Karel ^a   Nekovářová, Tereza ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 45849106829     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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