Interactions of corticosterone and embryonic light deprivation on memory retention in day-old chicks

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 269-272

  Sui, Nan ^a   Sandi, Carmen ^b   Rose, Steven P R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick; Corticosterone; Dark incubated; Development; Learning; Passive avoidance

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; DARKNESS; MEMORY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030840455     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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