Reference memory, anxiety and estrous cyclicity in C57BL/6NIA mice are affected by age and sex

Neuroscience

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 293-307

  Frick, K M ^a   Burlingame, L A ^a   Arters, J A ^a   Berger Sweeney, J ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrous cycle; Mice; Olfactory discrimination; Sex differences; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 0032704782     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00418-2     Document Type: Article

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