The effects of apparatus design and test procedure on learning and memory performance of C57BL/6J mice on the Barnes maze

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-324

  O'Leary, Timothy P ^a   Brown, Richard E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apparatus; Barnes Maze; Learning; Memory; Mice; Procedure; Visuo spatial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HABITUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 81455161631     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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