Place and direction learning in a spatial T-maze task by neonatal piglets

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-676

  Elmore, Monica R P ^a   Dilger, Ryan N ^a   Johnson, Rodney W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hippocampus; Memory; Scopolamine; Swine

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84862626426     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0495-9     Document Type: Article

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