Performance of four different rat strains in the autoshaping, two-object discrimination, and swim maze tests of learning and memory

Andrews, J.S.; Jansen, J.H.M.; Linders, S.; Princen, A.; Broekkamp, C.L.E.

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(94)00336-x

Performance of four different rat strains in the autoshaping, two-object discrimination, and swim maze tests of learning and memory

The performance of four strains of rats commonly used in behavioural research was assessed in three different tests of learning and memory. The four strains included three outbred lines (Long-Evans, Sprague-Dawley, Wistar) and one inbred strain (S3). Learning and memory were tested using three di…