Spatial learning and memory at defined points of the estrous cycle: Effects on performance of a hippocampal-dependent task

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-274

  Berry, Brian ^a   McMahan, Robert ^a   Gallagher, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DENDRITES; ESCAPE REACTION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PROESTRUS; RATS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030938512     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.2.267     Document Type: Article

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