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Finding the right motivation: genotype-dependent differences in effective reinforcements for spatial learning.
Behavioural brain research - 15 Jan 2012
Youn Jiun, Ellenbroek Bart A, van Eck Inti, Roubos Sandra, Verhage Matthijs, Stiedl Oliver
Abstract excerpt
Memory impairments of DBA/2J mice have been frequently reported in spatial and emotional behavior tests. However, in some memory tests involving food reward, DBA/2J mice perform equally well to C57BL/6J mice or even outperform them. Thus, it is conceivable that motivational factors differentially affect cognitive performance of different mouse strains. Therefore, spatial memory of DBA/2J and C57BL/6J mice was...
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