The development and stability of estrogen-modulated spatial navigation strategies in female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-367

  Pleil, Kristen E ^a   Williams, Christina L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Place strategy; Response strategy; Spatial navigation; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PUBERTY; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OVARIECTOMY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649188239     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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