Sex differences in aversive memory in rats: Possible role of extinction and reactive emotional factors

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-151

  Ribeiro, Alessandra M ^a   Barbosa, Flávio F ^a   Godinho, Monique R ^a   Fernandes, Valéria S ^a   Munguba, Hermany ^a   Melo, Thieza G ^a   Barbosa, Marla T ^a   Eufrasio, Raí A ^a   Cabral, Alícia ^a   Izídio, Geison S ^a   Silva, Regina H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotional level; Extinction; Gender; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE MEMORY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77956120149     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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