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Differences between two psychogenetically selected lines of rats in a swimming pool matching-to-place task: long-term effects of infantile stimulation.
Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 2002
Aguilar Raúl, Escorihuela Rosa M, Gil Luis, Tobeña Adolf, Fernández-Teruel Alberto
Abstract excerpt
The present study explored the effects of infantile stimulation (i.e., neonatal handling or NH) on the performance of 18-month-old Roman high-avoidance (RHA/Verh) and low-avoidance (RLA/Verh) rats in a swimming pool matching-to-place (SPMP) test. This test (also called repeated acquisition and place learning-set paradigm) consists of administering pairs of consecutive trials in the Morris water maze. The...
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