Evaluation of spatial memory of C57BL/6J and CD1 mice in the Barnes maze, the Multiple T-maze and in the Morris water maze

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-68

  Patil, Sudarshan S ^a   Sunyer, Berta ^a   Höger, Harald ^a   Lubec, Gert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J; CD1; Long term retention; Short term retention; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ESCAPE REACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58549115259     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.10.029     Document Type: Article

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