Radial maze proficiency of adult Wistar rats given prenatal complex magnetic field treatments

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  McKay, B E ^a   St Pierre, L S ^a   Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex magnetic fields; Prenatal; Radial maze; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SHAM FEEDING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0037214933     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10072     Document Type: Article

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