Spatial reference memory and neocortical neurochemistry vary with the estrous cycle in C57BL/6 mice

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 229-237

  Frick, K M ^a,b   Berger Sweeney, J ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; METESTRUS; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROESTRUS; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0035127788     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.115.1.229     Document Type: Article

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