Delay and trace fear conditioning in C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice: Issues of measurement and performance

Learning and Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 380-393

  Tipps, Megan E ^a   Raybuck, Jonathan D ^a   Buck, Kari J ^a,b   Lattal, K Matthew ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAY FEAR CONDITIONING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; GROOMING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REVIEW; STARTLE REFLEX; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRACE FEAR CONDITIONING; TRAINING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CATALEPSY; DBA MOUSE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FOOT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FOOT; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GROOMING; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906716880     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.035261.114     Document Type: Review

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