Influence of gender on working and spatial memory in the novel object recognition task in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-125

  Sutcliffe, J S ^a   Marshall, K M ^a   Neill, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Gender; Novel object recognition; Oestrous cycle; Rat; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTROUS CYCLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846001008     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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