Statistical and theoretical considerations for the platform re-location water maze

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-52

  Saab, Bechara J ^a,b   Saab, Adam M P ^b,c   Roder, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; C57BL 6; Cognitive flexibility; Human; Memory; Mental flexibility; Mice; Morris water maze; Naivety; Pharmacology; Platform re location; Reversal learning; Rodent; Spatial learning; Statistical variation; Subcutaneous injection; Within subject

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REACTION TIME; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79955521267     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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