Sex-specific strategies in spatial orientation in C57BL/6J mice

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-255

  Bettis, Tania J ^a   Jacobs, Lucia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cue use; Exploration; Gender; Rodent; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HABITUATION; LABORATORY METHOD; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL COGNITION;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAMMAL; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECOGNITION; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORIENTATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 70350089186     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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