Social recognition assay in the rat

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.53, 2010, Pages

  Mathiasen, Joanne R ^a   DiCamillo, Amy ^a  

^a CEPHALON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; memory; social recognition

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; ILLUMINATION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT SOCIAL RECOGNITION ASSAY; RATIO OF INVESTIGATION DURATION; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, ANIMAL; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78449281260     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0805is53     Document Type: Review

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