A new behavioural apparatus to reduce animal numbers in multiple types of spontaneous object recognition paradigms in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-76

  Ameen Ali, K E ^a   Eacott, M J ^a   Easton, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; Familiarity; Novelty; Rat; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84865527641     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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