Reversal of Long-Delay Conditioned Taste Aversion Learning in Rats by Sex Hormone Manipulation

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-213

  Foy, Michael R ^a   Foy, Judith G ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1642273913     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02688854     Document Type: Article

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