Characterizing spatial extinction in an abbreviated version of the Barnes maze

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-38

  Vargas López, Viviana ^a   Lamprea, Marisol R ^a   Múnera, Alejandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Barnes maze; Extinction; Spatial learning; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; LABORATORY METHOD; LEARNING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; RODENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARNES MAZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL PREFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 78650514513     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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