Reprint of "Value of water mazes for assessing spatial and egocentric learning and memory in rodent basic research and regulatory studies"

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-108

  Vorhees, Charles V ^a   Williams, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cincinnati water maze; Egocentric navigation; Morris water maze; Radial arm maze; Spatial learning and memory; Water maze

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIEL WATER MAZE TEST; CINCINNATI WATER MAZE TEST; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEBB WILLIAMS WATER MAZE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASHLEY III WATER MAZE TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; RAT; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; STAR WATER MAZE TEST; STONE WATER MAZE TEST; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84949312994     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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