An objective and reproducible test of olfactory learning and discrimination in mice

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2018, Issue 133, 2018, Pages

  Liu, Gary ^a   Patel, Jay M ^a   Tepe, Burak ^a   McClard, Cynthia K ^a   Swanson, Jessica ^a   Quast, Kathleen B ^a   Arenkiel, Benjamin R ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Behavior; Circuit; Go No Go; Learning; Olfactory; Operant conditioning; Plasticity; Synaptic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMELL;

EID: 85044787605     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/57142     Document Type: Article

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