Sex differences and estrous cycle changes in hippocampus-dependent fear conditioning

Psychobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 246-252

  Markus, Etan J ^a   Zecevic, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROESTRUS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

EID: 0030660349     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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