Neonatal monoaminergic depletion in mice (Mus musculus) improves performance of a novel odor discrimination task

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1318-1326

  Berger Sweeney, Joanne ^a   Libbey, Megan ^a   Arters, Jill ^a   Junagadhwalla, Mehnaz ^a   Hohmann, Christine F ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE DEPLETION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC NERVE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032421704     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.6.1318     Document Type: Article

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