Geometric information is required for allothetic navigation in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 380-384

  Fellini, Laetitia ^a   Morellini, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allothetic navigation; Geometry; Landmarks; Spatial learning and memory; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOMETRY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955974101     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.040     Document Type: Article

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