New behavioral protocols to extend our knowledge of rodent object recognition memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 407-419

  Albasser, Mathieu M ^a   Chapman, Rosanna J ^a   Amin, Eman ^a   Iordanova, Mihaela D ^a   Vann, Seralynne D ^a   Aggleton, John P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK AGOUTI RAT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECOGNITION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77955396925     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1879610     Document Type: Article

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