Aggressiveness and memory: Subordinate crabs present higher memory ability than dominants after an agonistic experience

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-148

  Kaczer, Laura ^a   Pedetta, Silvia ^a   Maldonado, Héctor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Dominance; Memory; Memory modulation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; HAZARD; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRACHYURA; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 33750499730     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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