Early environmental cues affect object recognition memory in adult female but not male C57BL/6 mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-315

  Coutellier, Laurence ^a   Würbel, Hanno ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Maternal environment; Object recognition memory; Offspring; Predator cues

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; GROOMING; LICKING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649654111     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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