Novel, whisker-dependent texture discrimination task for mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 238-242

  Wu, Hsia Pai Patrick ^a   Ioffe, Julie C ^a   Iverson, Michaela M ^a   Boon, Jacqueline M ^a   Dyck, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mice behavior; Mystacial vibrissae; Texture discrimination; Whisker sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT ANIMAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84867619521     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.09.044     Document Type: Article

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