Neural basis of the spatial navigation based on geometric cues

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 367-372

  Vargas, Juan Pedro ^a   Portavella, Manuel ^a   Quintero, Esperanza ^a   López, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carassius auratus; Fish; Geometric module; Hippocampus; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GEOMETRY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GOLDFISH; LATERAL PALLIDUM; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CUES; GOLDFISH; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80052402166     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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