Sex differences in spatial search and pattern learning in the rat

Psychobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 364-371

  Lebowitz, Brian K ^a   Brown, Michael F ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032737385     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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