Age-related changes in grooming behavior and motor activity in female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 481-484

  Scimonelli, T ^a   Marucco, M ^a   Celis, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrous cycle; Grooming; Motor behavior

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032895528     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00314-X     Document Type: Article

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