Stability of spatial working memory across the estrous cycle of Long- Evans rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-171

  Stackman, Robert W ^a   Blasberg, Meg E ^a   Langan, Christopher J ^a   Clark, Ann S ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PROESTRUS; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0031103402     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.3753     Document Type: Article

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