Effects of ovariectomy upon performance of a maze learning paradigm in the adult female rat

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-200

  Struse, H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LAPAROTOMY; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; OVARIECTOMY; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029997699     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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