Evaluation of study design variables and their impact on food-maintained operant responding in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 394-401

  Haluk, Desirae M ^a   Wickman, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Instrumental learning; Reinforcement; Reward; Strain

Indexed keywords

129 MOUSE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74449084134     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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