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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1989-4-14
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pubmed:abstractText |
In this paper we describe a new memory test in rats, based on the differential exploration of familiar and new objects. In a first trial (T1), rats are exposed to one or to two identical objects (samples) and in a second trial, to two dissimilar objects, a familiar (the sample) and a new one. For short intertrial intervals (approximately 1 min), most rats discriminate between the two objects in T2: they spend more time in exploring the new object than the familiar one. This test has several interesting characteristics: (1) it is similar to visual recognition tests widely used in subhuman primates, this allows interspecies comparisons; (2) it is entirely based on the spontaneous behavior of rats and can be considered as a 'pure' working-memory test completely free of reference memory component; (3) it does not involve primary reinforcement such as food or electric shocks, this makes it comparable to memory tests currently used in man.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Nov
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pubmed:issn |
0166-4328
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
1
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pubmed:volume |
31
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
47-59
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Attention,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Brain,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Exploratory Behavior,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Habituation, Psychophysiologic,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Memory,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Mental Recall,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Orientation,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Rats, Inbred Strains,
pubmed-meshheading:3228475-Retention (Psychology)
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pubmed:year |
1988
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pubmed:articleTitle |
A new one-trial test for neurobiological studies of memory in rats. 1: Behavioral data.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie, Université Paris VII, France.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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