Differential contributions of right and left brains to paw skill in right- and left-pawed female rats

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1023-1041

  Elalmiş, Derya Deniz ^a   Özgünen, Kerem Tuncay ^a   Binokay, Seçil ^a   Tan, Meliha ^b   Özgünen, Tuncay ^a   Tan, Üner ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral lateralization; Handedness; Learning; Paw preference; Practice; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEARNING; LEFT HANDEDNESS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 10744230872     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390204068     Document Type: Article

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