Object exploration in the developing rat: Methodological considerations

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-381

  Heyser, Charles J ^a   Ferris, Jennifer S ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Habituation; Memory; Object recognition; Ontogeny; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84876130545     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21041     Document Type: Article

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