Water T-maze: A useful assay for determination of repetitive behaviors in mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-29

  Guariglia, Sara Rose ^a   Chadman, Kathryn K ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; BTBR T+tf J; Repetitive behavior; Reversal learning; Water T maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTISM; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER T MAZE;

AUTISM; BTBR T(+)TF/J; REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; REVERSAL LEARNING; WATER T-MAZE;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84884256116     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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