Sexually dimorphic responses to neonatal basal forebrain lesions in mice: I. Behavior and neurochemistry

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 582-594

  Arters, Jill ^a   Hohmann, Christine F ^b   Mills, Jennifer ^a   Olaghere, Omiome ^b   Berger Sweeney, Joanne ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Development; Mice; Morris water maze; nBM; Odor discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROSENCEPHALON; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMELL; SWIMMING;

EID: 0031737910     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199812)37:4<582::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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