Using rats for vision research

Neuroscience

Volumn 296, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-79

  Reinagel, P ^a  

^a NEUROBIOLOGY SECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Pigmented rat; Rodent vision; Visual behavior; Visual psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; LONG EVANS RAT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT; SCIURIDAE; VISION;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIURIDAE; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84939954489     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.12.025     Document Type: Review

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