Sex differences in the dynamics of cue utilization and exploratory behavior

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-154

  Tropp, J ^a   Markus, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Estrous cycle; Exploration; Hippocampus; Maze; Overtraining; Sex; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0035857804     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00345-4     Document Type: Article

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