Effects of gonadectomy on performance in operant tasks measuring prefrontal cortical function in adult male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-194

  Kritzer, M F ^a   Brewer, A ^b   Montalmant, F ^c   Davenport, M ^b   Robinson, J K ^b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Dopamine; Estrogen; Schizophrenia; Testosterone; Working memory

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL PROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE METABOLISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMPULSIVENESS; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CASTRATION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33846113925     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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