Spatial working memory learning in young male and female rats: Involvement of different limbic system regions revealed by cytochrome oxidase activity

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-34

  Méndez López, Magdalena ^a   Méndez, Marta ^a   López, Laudino ^a   Arias, Jorge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase activity; Limbic system; Morris water maze; Sex differences; Spatial working memory; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67650383429     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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