Reevaluating Hippocampus-Dependent Learning in FVB/N Mice

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 871-878

  Farley, Sean J ^a   McKay, Bridget M ^a   Disterhoft, John F ^a   Weiss, Craig ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyeblink conditioning; Fear conditioning; Habituation dishabituation; Social recognition; Y maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, EYELID; FEAR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83055188716     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026033     Document Type: Article

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