Spatial and nonspatial learning across the rat estrous cycle

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-266

  Warren, Stacey G ^a   Juraska, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PROESTRUS; RATS;

EID: 0030966779     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.2.259     Document Type: Article

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