Behavioral performance of tfm mice supports the beneficial role of androgen receptors in spatial learning and memory

Brain Research

Volumn 1034, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 132-138

  Rizk, Angela ^a   Robertson, Jennifer ^a   Raber, Jacob ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Gender; Mice; Spatial learning and memory; tfm; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 13844265679     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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