Estradiol Modulation of the Speed of an Internal Clock

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 422-432

  Sandstrom, Noah J ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

dopamine; estrogen; hormone; interval timing; striatum

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; OIL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 34249650148     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.121.2.422     Document Type: Article

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