Automation of the free-exploratory paradigm

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-220

  Antunes, Fabrício Dias ^a   Goes, Tiago Costa ^a   Vígaro, Milton Gonçalves ^a,b   Teixeira Silva, Flavia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b Celta Brasil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Automation; Free exploratory paradigm; Rats; Trait anxiety; Video tracking

Indexed keywords

ZEOLITE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FREE EXPLORATORY PARADIGM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAWDUST; VIDEO TRACKING SYTEM; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ETHOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79955023386     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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