Novelty preference in rats : global cerebral ischemia versus cytotoxic lesions of the hippocampus
Rats have a natural tendency to spend more time exploring novel objects than familiar objects, and this preference can be used as an index of object-recognition memory. Rats also show an exploratory preference for objects in locations where they have not previously encountered objects (an index of p...
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2002
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| Online Access: | http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/1891/1/MQ72860.pdf Gaskin, Stephane <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Gaskin=3AStephane=3A=3A.html> (2002) Novelty preference in rats : global cerebral ischemia versus cytotoxic lesions of the hippocampus. Masters thesis, Concordia University. |