Suppression of the acquisition of conditioned avoidance behavior in the rat by 3-methylcholanthrene

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 637-641

  Konstandi, Maria ^a   Pappas, Perikles ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth ^a   Lecklin, Anne ^b   Marselos, Marios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

3 methylcholanthrene; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; rat; two way active avoidance

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; ESTRADIOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030888206     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00407-8     Document Type: Article

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