Postpubertal feeding experience affects sex-specific spatial ability in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 553-559

  Takase, Kenkichi ^a   Mitsushima, Dai ^a   Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; In vivo microdialysis; Learning; Radial arm maze; Sex difference; Soft diet feeding

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 38849086726     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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