Prenatally elevated physiological arousal interferes with perceptual learning in bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) embryos

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1315-1325

  Markham, Rebecca G ^a   Toth, Gabriella ^a   Lickliter, Robert ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian embryos; Norepinephrine; Perceptual learning; Physiological arousal; Prenatal learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HATCHING; HEART RATE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; QUAIL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLINUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HEART RATE; LEARNING; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REACTION TIME; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33846066457     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.6.1315     Document Type: Article

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