A novel touch-sensitive apparatus for behavioral studies in unrestrained squirrel monkeys

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-336

  Kangas, Brian D ^a   Bergman, Jack ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

9 Tetrahydrocannabinol; Cognitive function; Complex behavior; Measurement validity; Squirrel monkey; Touchscreen

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL MONKEY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REACTION TIME; SAIMIRI; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TOUCH; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84864056340     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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