Sexually dimorphic spatial learning varies seasonally in two populations of deer mice

Brain Research

Volumn 635, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 18-26

  Galea, L A M ^a   Kavaliers, M ^a   Ossenkopp, K P ^a   Innes, D ^a   Hargreaves, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding and non breeding; Deer mouse; Reproductive status; Seasonal difference; Sex difference; Sex hormone; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWIMMING;

EID: 0028039761     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91419-2     Document Type: Article

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