Sexually dimorphic cognitive style in rats emerges after puberty

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-248

  Kanit, L ^a   Taskiran, D ^a   Yilmaz, Ö A ^a   Balkan, B ^a   Demirgoren S ^a   Furedy, J J ^a,b   Pogun S ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Nitric oxide; Puberty; Sex differences; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NITROARGININE; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034237471     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(00)00232-X     Document Type: Article

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